c. AD 347 – 420
Jerome
Translator of the Latin Vulgate, largely from Hebrew, which became the standard Bible of the Western Church for a thousand years.
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- Location
- Rome, Antioch, Bethlehem
- Role
- Translator, biblical scholar, Doctor of the Church
- Major writings
- The Vulgate; commentaries; On Illustrious Men; letters
- Teachings
- Study of Scripture in its original languages
- Ascetic life and monastic discipline
- Connection to apostolic Christianity
- He expressed reservations about the deuterocanonical books while translating and citing them — a point still raised in canon debates.
Quotations with references
“Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.”
Sources and References
- Jerome, Letters and prefacesnewadvent.org