Latin Father and Doctor

Jerome

c. 347-420 - Stridon, Rome, and Bethlehem

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Jerome's scholarship joined Hebrew and Greek learning with intense ascetic discipline and pastoral correspondence. His writings are central for studying biblical translation, the Latin reception of Scripture, monastic ideals, Marian doctrine, controversy, and the memory of earlier Christian writers.

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Jerome is essential for Scripture, translation, ascetic discipline, biblical scholarship, and the learned life of the Church.

Best first workPrefacesStart with the Prefaces for his scriptural concerns, then use the Letters for pastoral and ascetical texture.

Key Doctrines And Themes

Scriptural scholarship

The Church studies languages, texts, and history to hear Scripture well.

Asceticism

Discipline and renunciation are ordered toward holiness.

Translation

Rendering Scripture faithfully requires learning and judgment.

Tradition Lens

Catholic

Major doctor for Scripture, Vulgate tradition, ascetic life, and Marian controversy.

Orthodox

Useful for Scripture, monastic ideals, and patristic literary memory.

Protestant

Important for biblical languages, translation, canon discussions, and textual study.

Scripture And Terms

Scripture connections

Psalm 1Luke 102 Timothy 3Hebrews 41 Peter 1

Vulgate

The Latin Bible associated with Jerome's translation work.

Asceticism

Spiritual discipline involving self-denial, prayer, and ordered desire.

Letters

374-420

Jerome's wide-ranging correspondence on Scripture, translation, ascetic life, controversy, pastoral counsel, and relations with Augustine and other church leaders.

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