The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-02-02

theology Next he visited Gau and made the acquaint
of Rufnus subsequently his rival and opponent
Aqulea he associated himself with group of brilliant
young men, some of whom afterwards attained prom
nence in the Church In the year 1913 started
on journey to the east Having arrived in Antioch he
became pupil of Aponars of Laodicea, of the
ing exegetes of his During profitable stay in Con-
stantnople St. Jerome became friend of the
st. Gregory Nazanzan 374 379 ST. Jerome lived
escetical life in the desert of Chac southeast of
Syrian capital At the end of this five years he
was ordained to the priesthood in Antioch.
On invitation of Pope Damascus St. Jerome went again
Rome Here he began the revision of the Latin Psalter
and the translation of the Latin under
papal direction He threw himself into the accomplish
ment of this difficult task with characteristic ardor
do the work desired of him he study
of the Latin and Greek language Later find him striv
ing persisenty to the Hebrew Aramaic lam
that he might translate the entire Bible from the
original In his busy life he found time foster the
monasc spirit and brought into existence religious
bodies-one of the other OF women who proted by
his expostons of the sacred books.
Though St. Jerome had friends he also had
bitter enemies who after the death of Pope Damascus
made his life unpleasant in Rome that decided to
leave there and take his residence in the Holy
On his way thher he went Alexandria study
the renowned Didymus. In of time settled in
Bethehem where he labored the remaining thrty-four
years OF his eventful e Here ST. Jerome built
astery and convent He placed in charge the con-
vent his great friend and admrer Paula came from
Rome to help her spiritual build up religious
community in Bethlehem.
Saw the Necessity Of Latin Bible.
Though the septuagint was available for the Gentle
Christians we'll the Jews, ST. saw the ad
vantage in having Latin Bible of the Old Testament
translated directly from the original. To accomplish
such task it was necessary to the Hebrew
guage and besides become with many phases
OF Hebrew life. The preparation necessary become
faithful translator of the Hebrew was long, tire
some one BY persistent herculean abors he in time
became competent to render the original into the
guage OF the Roman Psater-the revision of which
his first important Biblical work. After many wears of
panstakng labor he completed translation of the He.
brew There still remained the Aramac text This Ian
he also learned that he translate the en-
tire canon of the Old Testament.
Not All Of ST. Jerome's Work Approved by the Church.
Though theoogians greatly honor St Jerome though
the whole Catholic world him on very lofty ned
estal because OF his great work translator
posltor OF holy writ holds that he was inspired or
nfahble His work. though remarkable was not perfect
Inc cnurch must pass judgment the product many
years OF arduous abors 1t not for him determine
the of sacred scriptures In one important re-
the church did not The Vugate approved
oy the Church contains more books than the Vugate
st. Jerome He believed in the completeness the He.
brew canon The Church has placed it's of approba-
ton the of Sepuagint The Textus Receptus
OF the Vugae has always been the official Bible of the
Cnurcn Inc Fathers OF the Council of Trent decreed
that "the Latin Vulgate is held as authentic in
pubic readings, dscourses and disputes and that no
one may dare to reject it on any pretense
While the Latin Vulgate proclaimed at Trent the
approved by the Church. special edition was
declared the standard text to which other copies
should conform In the centuries elapsed between
St. Jerome and the Council Trent many editions had
oeen MADE The copyists not always Errors
mad crept in and there revision or restora
ton to the text that from the capable hand of st.
Jerome Though this and other approved
OF the Vulgate the leading scholars have long
realized the need of revsions and to the Holy
See to name commission to produce careful and cor.
rect edition of the Latin Vulgate" Gregory XIII AM
pointed such commission and placed the able Cardinal
Carafa at its head The revision went on under
the next Pope, Sixtus " who published edition All
authortes at that time and since have not agreed on
the reliability of some of the wording this edition
Clement VIII published another revised edition of the
Yet the purity of the text of the Bible is
today matter for discussion.
In more recent times the occupants of the Chair of
Peter have shown deep interest preservation and
OF the pure text of the Bible Pope Leo XIII
appointed Biblical Commission to revise the sacred
text Th1s commission did issue edition In 1907
Pope Plus entrusted this great work of revision tn tho
Benedictine Order named Abbot now Cardinan Gao
quet o. s. b, as chairman of that commission Before
entering into any detail regarding task imposed on
the commission is well that the readers know that no
copy OF ST. Jeromes text known to exist: and tha
cofruptons introduced by scribes etc. the centuries
10 ST. Jerome also the we'll mentioned work of
correctors have rendered the abors trying to
recover the exact text from existing MSS both diff
cult ana delicate 1t is not the of this commission
10 produce new version but determine with all noa
Side exactltude the Latin of st. Jerome" Tn tho
autumn OF 1907 this latest Biblical began its
Important aDors Pope Plus manifested deep inter-
est IN every part and detail of the work. He gave the
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