• 6.7.1: A
• 6.7.2: B
• 6.7.3: C
• 6.7.4: D
• 6.7.5: E
• 6.7.6: F
• 6.7.7: G
• 6.7.8: H
• 6.7.9: I
• 6.7.10: J
• 6.7.11: K
• 6.7.12: L
• 6.7.13: M
• 6.7.14: N
• 6.7.15: O
• 6.7.16: P
• 6.7.17: Q
• 6.7.18: R
• 6.7.19: S
• 6.7.20: T
• 6.7.22: V
• 6.7.23: W
• 6.7.24: X
• 6.7.25: Y
• 6.7.26: Z

Vulgate

The name now used for the Latin translation of the Bible completed by the biblical scholar Jerome at the turn of the fifth century CE. The term comes from the Latin word vulgata, which means ‘commonly-used'. In his translation work, Jerome used mostly Hebrew, rather than Greek manuscripts. This was because he thought that the Greek Septuagint was unreliable and he doubted whether the extra books it contained were canonical Scripture.

The Vulgate became the official Bible of the Catholic Church after the Council of Trent in 1546 CE. It was the basis of a series of translations of the Bible into English, including Wycliffe's Bible of 1380 CE and the Catholic Douai-Rheims version of 1582 CE. It was revised in 1590 CE and then in 1592 CE on the orders of Popes Sixtus V and Clement VIII. It remains an important text in terms of the overall history of Bible translation, since Jerome had access to Hebrew texts which have not survived.

Virgin-birth

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