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This post is a companion piece to my podcast episode on Jerome. It is not the transcript for the episode. The podcast episode on Jerome introduces him as the architect of the Latin Vulgate and one of the most formidable biblical scholars of late antiquity. This companion post expands that portrait by exploring Jerome’s personality, lesser-known … Read More “Jerome: The Man Behind the Vulgate and the Making of the Latin Bible” »
I have seen numerous churches that are named after St Methodius but knew very little about him. Recently, in my reading of the Church Fathers, I was able to read his surviving works. So who is Methodius? The truth is that we do not have a lot of biographical information about him. This may be … Read More “Who Was Methodius?” »
What language do you think of when you think of the Bible? You may think of the Hebrew or Greek. You may think of English or whatever your native language is. But for many centuries, the Bible was thought of in terms of Latin, specifically the Latin Vulgate. This Bible was translated by Jerome. A … Read More “What is the Latin Vulgate?” »
