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The Vulgate ( / ˈvʌlɡeɪt, - ɡət /; also called Biblia Vulgata (Bible in common tongue), Latin: [ˈbɪbli.a wʊlˈɡaːta] ), sometimes referred to as the Latin Vulgate, is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible . The Vulgate is largely the work of Jerome who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Vetus ...
Vulgate is the official Latin version of the Holy Bible, revised by St. Jerome in the 4th century from the Hebrew and Greek texts. It includes the apocrypha, which are not accepted as canonical by the Catholic Church, and has a prologue by St. Jerome explaining his method and sources.
Vulgate, (from the Latin editio vulgata, “common version”), Latin Bible used by the Roman Catholic Church, primarily translated by St. Jerome. In 382 Pope Damasus commissioned Jerome, the leading biblical scholar of his day, to produce an acceptable Latin version of the Bible from the various translations then being used.
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The Vulgate version present on Bible Gateway is the Clementine Text Project, derived principally from the Clementine text edited by A. Colunga and L. Turrado (La Editorial Católica, Madrid, 1946) and includes consultations with the editions of C. Vercellone (Typis S. Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, Rome, 1861) and M. Hetzenauer (Pustet & Co ...
Read the Vulgate, the official Latin version of the Bible used by the Catholic Church since the 4th century. Learn about its history, translation, and editions from the Vulgata.net website.
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Sep 7, 2018 · The Vulgate is a fourth-century Latin translation of the Bible, produced by St. Jerome from ancient Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic sources. It was the official Latin Bible of the Catholic church for over a millennium and influenced many English words and Western culture.
Vulgate Index. The Vulgate. This is the Latin Bible, or 'Vulgate'. Translated from the Hebrew and Aramaic by Jerome between 382 and 405 CE, this text became knowns as the 'versio vulgata', which means 'common translation'. 'Vulgate' should not to be confused with the term 'vulgar', which has taken on a divergent meaning in modern English.
