The life of Saint Jerome
Subtitle: in six books from the original Spanish of the Reverend Father Fray José de Sigüenza, professed monk of the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo, Madrid, 1595
Publisher: Sands
Published: 1907
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 668
Subjects: Jerome, -- Saint, -- d. 419 or 20.; Christian saints -- Biography.; Fathers of the church.
Genres: Biography.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: BOOK THE FIRST; title: FIRST AND SECOND AGES — INFANCY AND PUBERTY; title: Proem 3; title: DISCOURSE THE FIRST; title: On the Birthplace, Parentage, and Name of St. Jerome 10; title: DISCOURSE THE SECOND; title: The Parents of St. Jerome send him to Rome to pursue his Studies — What these Studies were, and what the Saint did 23; title: DISCOURSE THE THIRD; title: The Baptism of St. Jerome in Rome — The reason why Baptism was deferred 39; title: DISCOURSE THE FOURTH; title: On the Purity and the Virginity which St. Jerome preserved during his Life 53; title: BOOK THE SECOND; title: THIRD AGE — ADOLESCENCE; title: Proem 73; title: After St. Jerome had received the Sacrament of Baptism he departed to France, to visit the learned men there and to prosecute his studies — he enters a desert with Bonosus 78; title: St. Jerome returns from France — He seeks Entrance into a Profession — here is declared what it is to enter into the Profession of the Church; and what was the Monastic State in former Times 93; title: St. Jerome declares to his Parents and Friends his Resolution of becoming a monk — here is stated the Place selected for carrying out his Purpose 114; title: On the first Journey which St. Jerome undertook to the Holy Land — The various Places he visited previous to entering the desert 130; title: DISCOURSE THE FIFTH; title: St. Jerome goes to dwell in the Desert — What manner of Life he led there — The great Penances he Performed 143; title: BOOK THE THIRD; title: FOURTH AGE — YOUTH; title: Proem 163; title: St. Jerome commences in the Desert the Study of Hebrew 166; title: St. Jerome suffers many Temptations in the Desert — He is Punished by God in an Extraordinary Vision 177; title: Satan persecutes St. Jerome in the Desert by means of Heretics until he forces him to quit it 190; title: St. Jerome dwells in Antioch — Is ordained Priest by the Patriarch Paulinus — Becomes a Disciple of Apollinaris — Proceeds to Constantinople to study under St. Gregory Nazianzen — St. Jerome returns to Palestine — He corresponds with St. Damasus 207; title: St. Jerome returns to Rome; assists Pope Damasus in All Affairs of the Church 224; title: DISCOURSE THE SIXTH; title: St. Jerome a Cardinal — The antiquity of this Dignity is proved — Herein is declared the Name and Office 239; title: BOOK THE FOURTH; title: FIFTH AGE — MANHOOD, VIRILITY; title: Proem 255; title: St. Jerome establishes the Order of the Divine Worship in Rome, and draws up the holy Ceremonies of the Church — He prescribes the Alleluia to be sung in the Roman Liturgy 259; title: St. Jerome prescribes the Offices of the Church, the Formulary of the Prayers, and the Rite of holy Mass 271; title: St. Jerome translates the Holy Scriptures at the Petition of St. Damasus, with especial reference to the Psalms — The Translation of the Septuagint is here considered 292; title: Motives which urged St. Jerome to undertake the translation of the Scriptures into Latin from the Hebrew Text — The Truth and Fulness of the Text — Proofs are brought forward that the Vulgate Translation is St. Jerome's 322; title: St. Jerome translates the Sacred Scriptures into Slavonic — He arranges the Divine Office 336; title: The Life led by St. Jerome in Rome — The Exercises he practised — What Effects his Words and Example produced 346; title: DISCOURSE THE SEVENTH; title: Continuation of the Life and Labours of St. Jerome in Rome — Information is afforded respecting some Works he composed 363; title: DISCOURSE THE EIGHTH; title: St. Jerome is persecuted in Rome — False Testimonies raised against him — Quits Rome for the Holy Land 374; title: DISCOURSE THE NINTH; title: The Journey of St. Jerome from Rome to the Holy Land 388; title: DISCOURSE THE TENTH; title: St. Jerome goes from Jerusalem to Egypt — Proceeds to the Deserts of Nitria — Visits the holy Monks dwelling there — Paula arrives at Bethlehem 399; title: DISCOURSE THE ELEVENTH; title: St. Paula builds four Monasteries in Bethlehem and St. Jerome one — He washes the Feet of the Pilgrims 408; title: DISCOURSE THE TWELFTH; title: What St. Jerome effected during the First Years of his Residence in Bethlehem 418; title: BOOK THE FIFTH; title: SIXTH AGE — SENESCENCE; title: Proem 427; title: St. Jerome quits Bethlehem for Alexandria to converse with Didymus 431; title: St. Jerome seeks a Hebrew Preceptor in order to perfect Himself In The Language 437; title: On some of the pious Labours which St. Jerome undertook from the Hebrew to enrich the Church 445; title: St. Jerome diligently visits the whole of the Holy Land With The Object Of Understanding The Chronicles, And The Other Books Of The Sacred Scriptures 453; title: St. Jerome composed a Martyrology — The Reason for Writing Martyrologies In The Church 459; title: Of the many Treatises and Epistles which St. Jerome wrote at the Petition of various Persons whilst in Bethlehem 470; title: The Narrative is continued of the literary documents Left by St. Jerome in the Church; made chiefly at the Petition of pious Persons 489; title: Account of what happened to St. Jerome with a Lion in the Bethlehem Monastery — Ordination of his Brother Paulinus — Disputes that arise between St. Jerome and John of Jerusalem 510; title: Disputes arise between our holy Doctor, St. Jerome, and Rufinus — Causes of the same 535; title: Death of the saintly Matron Paula 557; title: Serious but pious Controversies arise between St. Jerome and St. Augustine — The end of these Contentions 571; title: BOOK THE SIXTH; title: SEVENTH AGE — DECREPITUDE; title: Proem 603; title: St. Jerome writes Commentaries on the Prophets Daniel and Isaiah — He is stricken by a severe Illness 609; title: By reason of the entry of Alaric into Rome, many Romans Resorted To St. Jerome At Bethlehem — He Writes The Commentaries on Ezechibl and Jeremias — He also writes other Works — Death of the holy Virgin Eustochium 623; title: The Passing Away and Death of the glorious Doctor, St. Jerome 646