In 382 pope damasus commissioned jerome, the leading biblical scholar of his day, to produce an acceptable latin version of the bible from the various translations then being used. Liturgiam authenticam and the new vulgate america magazine. Uncomfortable facts about the douayrheims a look at the origins, strengths and weaknesses of the douayrheims and douayrheimschalloner translation of the bible, which is commonly but. The closest equivalent in english, the king james or authorized version, shows. His revised latin translation of the gospels appeared about 383. Search and read bible verses using the popular vul translation. Dimock translation a modern version of the douayrheims new testament also called one more bible translation and one more version. Here he devoted himself to the study of ascetical writings and to manual labor, but his. Online directors manual the old testament, the trinity, and the mission of christ. Jerome, who, in 382, was commissioned by pope damasus i to revise the vetus latina old latin collection of biblical texts in latin then in use by the church.
The vulgate is a late fourthcentury latin translation of the bible that became, during the. This document has been generated from xsl extensible stylesheet language source with renderx xep formatter, version 3. This article was most recently revised and updated by amy tikkanen. Christians used the septuagint, a greek version of the hebrew bible, as its version. Jerome translated the hebrew scriptures into a new latin version generally credited as the first direct hebrewto latin translation. Liturgiam authenticam and the new vulgate 8 by joseph jensen, o. The closest equivalent in english, the king james version or authorized. This article is about the fourthcentury latin translation of the bible.
Vulgate project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read ebooks. Why and how protestants should study the latin vulgate. Quarterly record issue number 579 april to june 2007. Jeromes the douayrheims english translation in parallel w original commentary the entire king james version in parallel for an alternative semantic translation search capabilities tools for saving and managing phrases phrase emailer its free. The vulgate is a late fourthcentury latin translation of the bible that became, during the 16th century, the catholic churchs officially promulgated latin version of the bible the translation was largely the work of st. The vulgate is a latin version of the holy bible, and largely the result of the labors of st jerome eusebius sophronius hieronymus, who was commissioned by pope damasus i in 382 a. Latin vulgate bible and english translation, with translation commentary. The perils of a bible translator saint marys press. Jerome during his lifetime for his translation of the old testament from. Latin vulgate bible with douayrheims english translation. Latin vulgate bible with douayrheims and king james. Read the the latin vulgate free online bible study tools.
The latin vulgates old testament is the first latin version translated directly from the. Article pdf available january 2015 with 1,034 reads. In a previous article1 the prejerome latin version was discussed. Prior to this time, virtually the whole bible existed in latin, but it was a patchwork of different translations. The original douay rheims bible as pdf download, or on cdrom, or in print. For many years, especially in the 1500s and 1600s, roman catholics defended their translation of the bible the latin vulgate as being inspired and perfect. Jeromes major contribution to the field of translation is his introduction of the terms wordforword and senseforsense. The second part deals mainly with the origin and history of the vulgate text through. The vulgate is a late4th century latin translation of the bible. This is especially true of some of the spanish mss.
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