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The '''Vulgate''' is a translation by from A.D. 390 to A.D. 405 of the [[Bible]] into [[Latin]] by [[St. Jerome]], based on a commission by Pope [[Damasus I]] in A.D. 382. The Vulgate contains all of the books and parts of books of the Bible rejected later by the [[Protestant Reformation]] as "[[Apocrypha|The Apocrypha]]".

The '''Vulgate''' is a translation by from A.D. 390 to A.D. 405 of the [[Bible]] into [[Latin]] by [[St. Jerome]], based on a commission by Pope [[Damasus I]] in A.D. 382. The Vulgate contains all of the books rejected by the [[Protestant Reformation]] as "[[Apocrypha|The Apocrypha]]".

The translation was the first into Latin based on the Hebrew rather than [[Septuagint|Greek version]] of the [[Old Testament]].  The '''Vulgate''' remained the standard for the [[Catholic Church]] for more than a millennium, and is now fully available online.<ref>http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/Vulgate/</ref><ref>http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/index.htm</ref>

The translation was the first into Latin based on the Hebrew rather than [[Septuagint|Greek version]] of the [[Old Testament]].  The '''Vulgate''' remained the standard for the [[Catholic Church]] for more than a millennium, and is now fully available online.<ref>http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/Vulgate/</ref><ref>http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/index.htm</ref>

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