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k-mktr/catholic_public_domain_version_en

Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV) Description The Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV) is a modern English translation of the Sacred Bible, based on the Latin Vulgate. Translated by Ronald L. Conte Jr. in 2009, it is the only modern Catholic Bible translation in the Public Domain. The CPDV updates the Challoner Douay-Rheims version while remaining faithful to the Vulgate text. It uses contemporary English while preserving the theological precision of the… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/k-mktr/catholic_public_domain_version_en.

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Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

Description

The Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV) is a modern English translation of the Sacred Bible, based on the Latin Vulgate. Translated by Ronald L. Conte Jr. in 2009, it is the only modern Catholic Bible translation in the Public Domain.

The CPDV updates the Challoner Douay-Rheims version while remaining faithful to the Vulgate text. It uses contemporary English while preserving the theological precision of the Latin original. The translation includes both the protocanonical books (those accepted by all Christians) and the deuterocanonical books (those specific to the Catholic canon).

Important note: This dataset contains the 66-book Protestant canon (protocanonical books only). The deuterocanonical books (Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, 1-2 Maccabees, and additions to Daniel/Esther) may be added in a future version.

Source: Open Bible — public domain text file.

License: Public Domain. The CPDV has no copyright, trademark, or other legal restrictions.

Dataset Structure

Each row represents one Bible verse.

Column	Type	Description
`translation_id`	string	Translation identifier: `catholic_public_domain_version_en`
`translation`	string	Full translation name
`language`	string	Language code: `en`
`book_number`	int32	Book number (1-66)
`book`	string	Book name
`book_abbr`	string	Book abbreviation
`chapter`	int32	Chapter number
`verse`	string	Verse number
`verse_number`	int32	Numeric part of verse
`verse_suffix`	string	Verse suffix or null
`verse_id`	string	Unique verse identifier (`{book_abbr}_{chapter}_{verse}`)
`text`	string	Verse text

Statistics

—Books: 65 (Old and New Testament, minus one book not present in this edition)
—Verses: 28,641
—Language: English
—Format: Parquet (ZSTD compressed)
—File size: 1.52 MB

Books

#	Book	Abbr	Verses
1	Genesis	Gen	1,533
2	Exodus	Exod	1,213
3	Leviticus	Lev	859
4	Numbers	Num	1,289
5	Deuteronomy	Deut	959
6	Joshua	Josh	658
7	Judges	Judg	618
8	Ruth	Rut	85
9	1 Samuel	1Sam	811
10	2 Samuel	2Sam	695
11	1 Kings	1Kgs	817
12	2 Kings	2Kgs	719
13	1 Chronicles	1Chr	943
14	2 Chronicles	2Chr	822
15	Ezra	Ezra	280
16	Nehemiah	Neh	405
17	Esther	Est	167
18	Job	Job	1,070
19	Psalms	Ps	2,527
20	Proverbs	Prov	915
21	Ecclesiastes	Eccl	222
22	Song of Solomon	Song	117
23	Isaiah	Isa	1,291
24	Jeremiah	Jer	1,364
25	Lamentations	Lam	154
26	Ezekiel	Ezek	1,273
27	Daniel	Dan	357
28	Hosea	Hos	197
29	Joel	Joel	73
30	Amos	Amos	146
31	Obadiah	Obad	21
32	Jonah	Jon	48
33	Micah	Mic	105
34	Nahum	Nah	47
35	Habakkuk	Hab	56
36	Zephaniah	Zeph	53
37	Haggai	Hag	38
38	Zechariah	Zech	211
39	Malachi	Mal	55
40	Matthew	Matt	1,071
41	Mark	Mark	678
42	Luke	Luke	1,151
43	John	John	879
44	Acts	Acts	1,007
45	Romans	Rom	433
46	1 Corinthians	1Cor	437
47	2 Corinthians	2Cor	257
48	Galatians	Gal	149
49	Ephesians	Eph	155
50	Philippians	Phil	104
51	Colossians	Col	95
52	1 Thessalonians	1Thess	89
53	2 Thessalonians	2Thess	47
54	1 Timothy	1Tim	113
55	2 Timothy	2Tim	83
56	Titus	Titus	46
57	Philemon	Phlm	25
58	Hebrews	Heb	303
59	James	Jas	108
60	1 Peter	1Pet	105
61	2 Peter	2Pet	61
62	1 John	1John	105
63	2 John	2John	13
64	3 John	3John	14
65	Jude	Jude	25
66	Revelation	Rev	404

Usage

python

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("k-mktr/catholic_public_domain_version_en", split="train")
print(dataset[0])
# {'translation_id': 'catholic_public_domain_version_en',
#  'book': 'Genesis', 'chapter': 1, 'verse': '1',
#  'text': 'In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.'}

License

Public Domain. The Catholic Public Domain Version of the Sacred Bible has no copyright, trademark, or other legal restrictions. It is offered freely for the benefit of all.

Notes

—This dataset covers the 66-book Protestant canon (protocanonical books). The deuterocanonical books accepted by the Catholic Church are not included in this release.
—The CPDV is based on the Latin Vulgate, making it a translation of a translation — from the original Hebrew and Greek into Latin (by St. Jerome), and then from Latin into English.
—For a more direct translation from the original languages within the Catholic tradition, see the Douay-Rheims version.