Jerome (331-420)

Written by Michael Vlach.

Major work

•          Vulgate (Latin Bible)

Importance

•          Biblical scholar and translator was the most learned man in the Latin-speaking church in the late fourth century

•          Brought best of Greek thinking to Western Christianity

•          Gave Latin Christianity its Bible

•          Argued for allegorical interpretation of Scripture

 

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