Innocuous
Egregious
| BEFORE Douay Rheims Version | AFTER New American Bible Revised Edition |
| 13 Who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. | 13 who were born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a man’s decision but of God. 14 And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth. |
Why is this change important?
Typical modernist dumbing down and ruining beautiful prose. As usual, this creates another discontinuity with our ancestors. For a deeper analysis see
https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/01/03/bishops-i-beg-you-take-heed