Changes

[[Image:Stjerome.JPG|right|thumb| St. Jerome]]

[[Image:Stjerome.JPG|right|thumb|Saint Jerome]]

 

 

'''Saint Jerome''' (Latin: ''Hieronymus''), lived from (342 – 420 A.D.) and is one of the most famous [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] biblical scholars of [[antiquity]].  He is a [[Doctor of the Church]], one of only 33 people to be given that honor.   

'''Saint Jerome''' (Latin: ''Hieronymus''), lived from (342 – 420 A.D.) and is one of the most famous [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] biblical scholars of [[antiquity]].  He is a [[Doctor of the Church]], one of only 33 people to be given that honor.   

==Life==

==Life==

Jerome was born in Stridonia, on the borders of Dalmatia and Pannonia, and given the Latin name ''Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus''.  He was, from his infancy, raised a Catholic,<ref>St. Jerome, "Epistle to Theophilus of Alexandria" 82.2.2; avaliable in ''Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium'' (Vienna, 1865-) vol. 55, pp. 107-119.</ref> and was baptized in Rome.  At Rome he learned [[Latin]] and [[Greek]].  Soon, however, desiring to give himself fully to [[Christ]] and to the knowledge of the Scriptures, Jerome journeyed East, studying at [[Antioch]].  He then, in order to purify his soul of all youthful temptations, set out into the desert (of Chalcis, south-west of Antioch) in 375 to live the life of a hermit and dedicate himself to prayer.  Thus did he act in imitation of [[Christ]], St. [[John the Baptist]], and the Desert Fathers.  He found a converted [[Jew]] to teach him [[Hebrew]] (and Chaldaic).  Additionally, Jerome was ordained a [[priest]] at Antioch.  Eventually he made his way to [[Constantinople]] to study the Scriptures under the renowned scholar St. [[Gregory of Nazianzus]] (“the Theologian”).  Thereafter he journeyed to [[Rome]], on ecclesiastical business, and was admitted into the court of [[Pope St. Damasus I|Pope Damasus]].

Jerome was born in Stridonia, on the borders of Dalmatia and Pannonia, and given the Latin name ''Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus''.  He was, from his infancy, raised a Catholic,<ref>St. Jerome, "Epistle to Theophilus of Alexandria" 82.2.2; available in ''Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium'' (Vienna, 1865-) vol. 55, pp. 107-119.</ref> and was baptized in Rome.  At Rome he learned [[Latin]] and [[Greek]].  Soon, however, desiring to give himself fully to [[Christ]] and to the knowledge of the Scriptures, Jerome journeyed East, studying at [[Antioch]].  He then, in order to purify his soul of all youthful temptations, set out into the desert (of Chalcis, south-west of Antioch) in 375 to live the life of a hermit and dedicate himself to prayer.  Thus did he act in imitation of [[Christ]], St. [[John the Baptist]], and the Desert Fathers.  He found a converted [[Jew]] to teach him [[Hebrew]] (and Chaldaic).  Additionally, Jerome was ordained a [[priest]] at Antioch.  Eventually, he made his way to [[Constantinople]] to study the Scriptures under the renowned scholar St. [[Gregory of Nazianzus]] (“the Theologian”).  Thereafter he journeyed to [[Rome]], on ecclesiastical business, and was admitted into the court of [[Pope St. Damasus I|Pope Damasus]].

==Creation of the Vulgate==

==Creation of the Vulgate==