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Jerome was born around 347 A. D. at Stridon (the exact location of Stridon is unknown. It is possible Stridon was located either in modern Croatia or Slovenia).
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Saint Jerome (c. 347 30 September 420) (formerly Saint Hierom) (Latin: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Greek: ???????? ????????? ?????????) was an Illyrian Christian priest and apologist. He was the son of Eusebius, of the city of Stridon, which was on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia (and was overthrown by the Goths). He is best known for his new translation of the Bible into Latin, which has since come to be called the Vulgate and his list of writings are extensive.
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Written between the mid-fourth and late sixth centuries to commemorate and glorify the achievements of early Christian saints, these six biographies depict men who devoted themselves to solitude, poverty and prayer. Athanasius records Antony's extreme seclusion in the Egyptian desert, despite temptation by the devil and visits from his followers. Jerome also shows those who fled persecution or withdrew from society to pursue lives of chastity and asceticism in his accounts of Paul of Thebes, Hilarion and Malchus. In his Life of Martin, Sulpicius Severus describes the achievements of a man who combined the roles of monk, bishop and missionary, while Gregory the Great tells of Benedict, whose Rule became the template for monastic life. Full of vivid incidents and astonishing miracles, these Lives have provided inspiration as models for centuries of Christian worship. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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This commentary has high value for the academic world and is of particular value for research. It is equally valuable from a devotional point of view. Jerome was a Church Father and famous ecclesiastical author who died in A.D. 420. His writings cover nearly all the principal departments of Christian theology, but the most numerous and important belong to that of Biblical study. Among the latter is his Commentary on Daniel, which is one of the most interesting and significant of his expository works. It is frequently consulted by the learned even to this day. It here appears for the first time in the English language. The manuscript here published in book form won form Dr. Archer the much coveted Certificate of Award presented by the Christian Research Foundation for the year's most important manuscript in the field of Biblical Research.
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Saint Jerome is an ancient Latin Christian priest, confessor, theologian and historian, and who became a Doctor of the Church. Though often considered exclusively a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, Jerome was a Latin Christian who predated the East-West Schism which occurred in the 11th century. He was the son of Eusebius, of the city of Stridon, which was on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia. He is best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate), and his commentaries on the Gospel of the Hebrews. His list of writings is extensive. He is recognised by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Lutheran Church, and the Church of England (Anglican Communion) as a saint.Jerome is commemorated on 30 September with a memorial. the Vitae Patrum (Vita Pauli primi eremitae), a biography of Saint Paul of Thebes; the Vita Malchi monachi captivi (ca. 391), probably based on an earlier work, although it purports to be derived from the oral communications of the aged ascetic Malchus originally made to him in the desert of Chalcis; the Vita Hilarionis, of the same date, containing more trustworthy historical matter than the other two, and based partly on the biography of Epiphanius and partly on oral tradition.
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St. Jerome was born around the year 345 AD. In 360 he went to Rome and was baptized. He then left the world to become a hermit on an island. He pursued a life of study, learning Latin, Greek and later Hebrew. He left the island and travelled into the Eastern Roman world, settling in Antioch in 378. After a time he returned to Rome and then went to Bethlehem where he would eventually die, September 30, 420. Most of his life he dedicated to perhaps his most famous work, of translating the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate). This would become the standard text used by the Roman Catholic church up until the present day. Jerome also translated numerous works of early church fathers and composed a number of his own works. These include commentaries on various scriptures, as well the lives of saints that he was familiar with. Jerome's writings and translations had, and still have an enormous impact on the Roman Catholic church. The following works are included in this collection: 1. Letters (150) 2. The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary 3. To Pammachius Against John of Jerusalem 4. The Dialogue Against the Luciferians 5. The Life of Malchus, the Captive Monk 6. The Life of S. Hilarion 7. The Life of Paulus the First Hermit 8. Against Jovinianus 9. Against Vigilantius 10. Against the Pelagians 11. Prefaces 12. De Viris Illustribus (Illustrious Men) 13. Apology for himself against the Books of Rufinus
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Jerome was born around 347 A. D. at Stridon (the exact location of Stridon is unknown. It is possible Stridon was located either in modern Croatia or Slovenia).
Jerome studied rhetoric as a youth at Rome in preparation for a career in law, which he did not pursue.
The two decades from his early 20s were a period of much travel and temporary settlement. After a journey to the German city of Trier, he stopped for a time at Aquileia, in Italy. He had already formed his two consuming interests: scriptural studies and the pursuit of Christian asceticism. In Syria from about 374, for 4 or 5 years he lived as a recluse in the desert, beginning there his study of Hebrew. Finding that life not entirely compatible, he journeyed in 379 to Constantinople, where he was a student of Gregory of Nazianzus, and there also he undertook the translation from Greek into Latin of homilies by Origen, that eminent biblical scholar much admired by Jerome.
For 3 years from 382 Jerome was at Rome, serving as secretary to Pope Damasus. At the Pope's suggestion, he undertook a complete revision of the Latin Gospels of the New Testament, the aim of which was to replace older, varying, and inaccurate versions with a uniform one based on the best available Greek manuscripts. At Rome also he took every opportunity to commend the life of ascetic renunciation, particularly among wealthy and aristocratic ladies, among whom he had a notable following. The death of Damasus in 384 led to Jerome's departure from Rome, and in the company of a group of ascetic enthusiasts he made a pilgrimage to the monastic centers of Palestine and Egypt.
From 386 to the end of his life Jerome was settled in Bethlehem. There he presided over a monastery endowed by the wealthy Paula, who herself presided nearby over a sister foundation for women. Jerome's most significant accomplishment in his 34 years at Bethlehem was his translation of the Old Testament from the original Hebrew into Latin. It was an act of scholarly courage, arousing in his lifetime the criticism of many who were wedded to the traditional Greek Old Testament as the basis for Latin translations.
Saint Jerome died on September 30, 420.
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(Saint Jerome is an ancient Latin Christian priest, confes...)
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(Saint Jerome (c. 347 30 September 420) (formerly Saint ...)
(St. Jerome was born around the year 345 AD. In 360 he wen...)
Quotations:
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
The friendship that can cease has never been real.
The scars of others should teach us caution.
Saint Jerome was a member of circle of young Christian intellectuals sharing a common commitment to the ascetic life.