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The Fifth Letter of St. Jerome To Pope Damasus
Letter XXI. To Damasus In this letter Jerome, at the request of Damasus, gives a minutely detailed explanation of the parable of the prodigal son. Tweet
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The Fourth Letter of St. Jerome To Pope Damasus.
Letter XX. To Pope Damasus. Jerome’s reply to the foregoing. Exposing the error of Hilary of Poitiers, who supposed the expression to signify “redemption of the house of David,” he goes on to show that in the gospels it is a quotation … Continue reading
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The Letter From Pope Damasus To St. Jerome
Letter XIX. From Pope Damasus A letter from Damasus to Jerome, in which he asks for an explanation of the word “Hosanna” (a.d. 383). Tweet
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The Third Letter of St. Jerome To Pope Damasus
Letter XVIII. To Pope Damasus. This (written from Constantinople in a.d. 381) is the earliest of Jerome’s expository letters. In it he explains at length the vision recorded in the sixth chapter of Isaiah, and enlarges upon its mystical meaning. “Some of … Continue reading
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The Letter of St. Jerome To The Presbyter Marcus
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
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