Monthly Archives: February 2012

Letter XVII. To the Presbyter Marcus. In this letter, addressed to one who seems to have had some pre-eminence among the monks of the Chalcidian desert, Jerome complains of the hard treatment meted out to him because of his refusal to take any … Continue reading →

Letter XVI. To Pope Damasus. This letter, written a few months after the preceding, is another appeal to Damasus to solve the writer’s doubts. Jerome once more refers to his baptism at Rome, and declares that his one answer to … Continue reading →