Vulgate
Sign in to saveThe Vulgate () is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible. It is largely the work of Saint Jerome who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Gospels used by the Roman Church. Later, of his own initiative, Jerome extended this work of revision and translation to include most of the books of the Bible.
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The Vulgate is a Latin translation of the Bible completed in the late 4th century, primarily by Saint Jerome, who was commissioned by Pope Damasus I in 382 to revise the Gospels used by the Roman Church. It matters because Jerome later expanded this work to translate most of the Bible into Latin, creating a version that became foundational to the Roman Catholic Church and Western Christian tradition.
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- Terminology
- Authorship
- Content
- Jerome's work of translation
- Prologues
- {{Anchor|Relation with the Old Latin Bible}}Relation with the ''Vetus Latina'' Bible
- New Testament
- Old Testament
- Psalter
- Deuterocanonials
- Council of Trent and position of the Catholic Church
- Variants
- Influence on Western Christianity
- Reformation
- Translations
- Influence upon the English language
- Critical value
- Manuscripts and editions
- Manuscripts and early editions
- Carolingian period
- Late Middle Ages
- Printed editions
- Renaissance
- Sixtine and Clementine Vulgates
- Modern critical editions
- {{anchor|Oxford Vulgate|Wordsworth and White (Oxford) New Testament|Oxford Vulgate New Testament}} Oxford New Testament
- Benedictine (Rome) Old Testament
- {{Anchor|Stuttgart edition|Weber-Gryson (Stuttgart) edition}}Stuttgart Vulgate
- ''Nova Vulgata''
- {{Anchor|Electronic versions}}Online versions
- See also
- Related articles
- Selected manuscripts
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
The Vulgate () is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible. It is largely the work of Saint Jerome who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Gospels used by the Roman Church. Later, of his own initiative, Jerome extended this work of revision and translation to include most of the books of the Bible.
The Vulgate became progressively adopted as the Bible text within the Western Church. Over succeeding centuries, it eventually eclipsed the texts. By the 13th century it had taken over from the former version the designation (the "version commonly used") or for short. The Vulgate also contains some Vetus Latina translations that Jerome did not work on.