Author Archives: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus

About Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus

Born around 346 A.D. in Stridon, St. Jerome was a scholar fluent in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew whose ascetic discipline and deep engagement with Scripture prepared him for a monumental task: translating the Bible into Latin. Commissioned by Pope Damasus I around 382 A.D., Jerome began by revising the flawed Old Latin Gospels, then expanded his work to the entire Bible. For the New Testament, he corrected Latin texts using Greek manuscripts; for the Old Testament, he translated most books directly from Hebrew—a controversial but principled choice. His final Psalter, however, followed the Greek Septuagint tradition for liturgical use. This composite translation, later known as the Vulgate (editio vulgata), became the authoritative biblical text of the Western Church, formally endorsed at the Council of Trent in 1546. The Vulgate’s influence extends beyond theology into textual criticism and Latin education. As one of the earliest translations grounded in original-language scholarship, it offers a vital witness to the state of biblical texts in late antiquity. Jerome’s lexical and syntactic decisions are studied to trace manuscript history and assess variant readings. Its elegant Latin, consistent in grammar and rich in vocabulary, became a model for medieval and Renaissance learning, bridging classical and ecclesiastical Latin. More than a translation, the Vulgate helped define Christian doctrine, preserved the Latin language, and laid essential groundwork for the critical study of Scripture—remaining indispensable to students of Latin, theology, and textual history.

Genesis 32:18

Posted on February 1, 2006 by Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus

Gn 32:18 respondebis: Servi tui Iacob, munera misit domino meo Esau: ipse quoque post nos venit. you shall answer: ‘Your servant Jacob sends gifts to my lord Esau; and he himself also comes after us.’” # Latin Gloss Grammar Tag … Continue reading →

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Genesis 32:17

Posted on February 1, 2006 by Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus

Gn 32:17 Et præcepit priori, dicens: Si obvium habueris fratrem meum Esau, et interrogaverit te, Cuius es? aut, Quo vadis? aut, Cuius sunt ista quæ sequeris? And he instructed the first, saying: “If you meet my brother Esau, and he … Continue reading →

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Genesis 32:16

Posted on February 1, 2006 by Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus

Gn 32:16 Et misit per manus servorum suorum singulos seorsum greges, dixitque pueris suis: Antecedite me, et sit spatium inter gregem et gregem. And he sent each herd separately by the hands of his servants, and said to his youths: … Continue reading →

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Genesis 32:15

Posted on February 1, 2006 by Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus

Gn 32:15 camelos fœtas cum pullis suis triginta, vaccas quadraginta, et tauros viginti, asinas viginti, et pullos earum decem. thirty nursing camels with their young, forty cows, twenty bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten of their foals. # Latin Gloss … Continue reading →

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Genesis 32:14

Posted on February 1, 2006 by Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus

Gn 32:14 capras ducentas, hircos viginti, oves ducentas, et arietes viginti, two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, # Latin Gloss Grammar Tag 1 capras she-goats ACC.PL.F 2 ducentas two hundred ACC.PL.F.NUM 3 hircos he-goats ACC.PL.M … Continue reading →

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Genesis 32:13

Posted on February 1, 2006 by Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus

Gn 32:13 Cumque dormisset ibi nocte illa, separavit de his quæ habebat, munera Esau fratri suo, And when he had slept there that night, he separated from what he had, gifts for Esau his brother, # Latin Gloss Grammar Tag … Continue reading →

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Genesis 32:12

Posted on February 1, 2006 by Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus

Gn 32:12 Tu locutus es quod benefaceres mihi, et dilatares semen meum sicut arenam maris, quæ præ multitudine numerari non potest. You have spoken that you would do good to me, and would multiply my offspring like the sand of … Continue reading →

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Genesis 32:11

Posted on February 1, 2006 by Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus

Gn 32:11 Erue me de manu fratris mei Esau, quia valde eum timeo: ne forte veniens percutiat matrem cum filiis. Deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I greatly fear him, lest perhaps he come and strike … Continue reading →

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Genesis 32:10

Posted on February 1, 2006 by Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus

Gn 32:10 minor sum cunctis miserationibus tuis, et veritate tua quam explevisti servo tuo. In baculo meo transivi Iordanem istum: et nunc cum duabus turmis regredior. I am less than all your mercies and your truth which you have fulfilled … Continue reading →

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Genesis 32:9

Posted on February 1, 2006 by Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus

Gn 32:9 Dixitque Iacob: Deus patris mei Abraham, et Deus patris mei Isaac: Domine qui dixisti mihi: Revertere in terram tuam, et in locum nativitatis tuæ, et benefaciam tibi: And Jacob said: “God of my father Abraham, and God of … Continue reading →

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