- one of the greatest “scholars” of the ancient Western church - studied in Rome, Antioch and Constantinople - in 382-384 was in Rome working for Pope Damasus, but was so “vindictive” in his arguing that when Damasus died, Jerome had to leave Rome and he eventually settled in Bethlehem, where he founded a monastery
- Pope Damasus suggested that Jerome revise the Latin version of the Bible that the Roman church was using at the time - instead, going back to the original Greek and Hebrew, Jerome came up with a “new” translation, the Vulgate, which was used by the Roman church until the 1960's
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