TJ Reilly, Kyle Zebley 4P, St Jerome

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St. Jerome
• Born- 342
• Died- 420
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St. Jerome
• Born at Stridon
• Went to Rome in
360
• Later settled in
Antioch
St. Jerome
• Possibly an Illyrian
• Born to Christian
parents
• Student in Rome
• rhetorical &
philosophical
studies
• Learned Greek
St. Jerome
• Baptized about 360
by Pope Liberious
• Settled in
Bethlehem in 386
• Stayed in a
monastery near
convent
St. Jerome
• Between 390-410,
gave all his
attention to
translation of Old
Testament
• Devoted all his
time to Education
and translating
bible to Latin
St. Jerome
• Arrived at Antioch
about 373
• Attended lectures
from the famous
Apollinaris, Bishop
of Laodicea
• But had not yet put
forward his heresy
St. Jerome
• Studied Hebrew
• Became a pupil to
a monk who had
been a Jew, in
order to learn
Hebrew alphabet
St. J
• Went to
Constantinople to
study scriptures of
the Greek
• About 380
• Gregory of
Nazianzus, Bishop
St. Jerome
• Fostered a new
movement of
Christian
asceticism among
a group of noble
Roman ladies
• Many of who were
later canonized
St. Jerome
• 2nd most
voluminous writer
in ancient Latin
Christianity
• St. Augustine is the
1st
St. Jerome
• Patron Saint of
Translators,
Librarians, and
encylopedists
• Acquired a
knowledge of
Hebrew, by
studying with a
Jew who converted
to Christianity
St. J
• Translated what’s
known as the
Vulgate
• Slowly but
eventually got
accepted by the
catholic church
St. Jerome
• Ranked among the
Western fathers
• All his translation
were based on
Septugint
• Produced a
number of
commentaries on
scripture
St. Jerome
• Vita Pauli monachi-
legendary material
derived from
Egyptian tradition
• Vita Malchi
monachi captivi-
early work derived
from oral
communications
• Vita Hilarionis-
more trustworthy
matter than the
other two
St. J
• Letters or epistles-
great variety of
subjects and
qualities of style
• Discusses
problems of
scholarship and
reasoning on
cases of
conscience
St. Jerome
• Productions in the
field of Dogma
• Directed against
assailants of the
orthodox doctrines
• Shows an
apologetic
tendency towards
Arians
St. Jerome
• In Rome he wrote
passionate
counterblast
against the
teaching of
Helvidius
• Also defended the
ordinary catholic
practices in his
theological writings
Bibliography
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome
• http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08341a.htm
• http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=10
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