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    The Latin Vulgate Bible is the standard Latin translation of the Bible produced in the late 4th century AD by Jerome under the commission of Pope Damasus I. Jerome translated most of the Vulgate from original Hebrew and Greek texts to create a standardized version that would promote universal Christian doctrine, as various inconsistent Latin translations previously existed. His translation, known as the Vulgate, became the most widely used and authoritative version of the Bible in Western Christianity for over a thousand years.

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    The Latin Vulgate Bible is the standard Latin translation of the Bible produced in the late 4th century AD by Jerome under the commission of Pope Damasus I. Jerome translated most of the Vulgate from original Hebrew and Greek texts to create a standardized version that would promote universal Christian doctrine, as various inconsistent Latin translations previously existed. His translation, known as the Vulgate, became the most widely used and authoritative version of the Bible in Western Christianity for over a thousand years.

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    The Latin Vulgate Bible is the standard Latin translation of the Bible produced in the late 4th century AD by Jerome under the commission of Pope Damasus I. Jerome translated most of the Vulgate from original Hebrew and Greek texts to create a standardized version that would promote universal Christian doctrine, as various inconsistent Latin translations previously existed. His translation, known as the Vulgate, became the most widely used and authoritative version of the Bible in Western Christianity for over a thousand years.

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    The Latin Vulgate Bible is the standard Latin translation of the Bible produced in the late 4th century AD by Jerome under the commission of Pope Damasus I. Jerome translated most of the Vulgate from original Hebrew and Greek texts to create a standardized version that would promote universal Christian doctrine, as various inconsistent Latin translations previously existed. His translation, known as the Vulgate, became the most widely used and authoritative version of the Bible in Western Christianity for over a thousand years.

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    Question: "What is the Latin Vulgate Bible?

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    Answer: “The Vulgate” is the popular name given to the Latin version of the Bible, a
    translation usually attributed to Jerome. Before Jerome’s time, as the number of Latin-
    speaking Christians grew, the Bible was translated into Latin so that the Christians of the time
    could understand it. It is believed that the first Latin translation was completed around A.D.
    200, although no manuscripts of this era exist today. The first Latin manuscripts were surely
    created in North Africa, for it seems that the church in North Africa was Latin-speaking from
    the start as compared to the predominantly Greek-speaking churches in Asia and Europe.

    Two centuries later Pope Damasus I commissioned a scholar by the name Jerome to produce
    one standard Latin text of the Bible; there were as many different Latin versions of the Bible
    as there were different forms of the text, and Damasus wanted the church to have a standard
    version to promote universal doctrine. Jerome completed the translation in A.D. 400, and his
    version was known as the editio vulgate (the current text of Holy Scripture), because he used
    the common (or vulgar) language of early medieval times.

    Jerome started by revising the Gospels, using the Greek manuscripts available. This he did
    because of the vast differences he found in the various Latin texts that were available. About
    the same time, he started revising the Old Testament by using the Septuagint (a Greek
    version of the Old Testament). Jerome also translated the Old Testament into Latin by using
    the Hebrew text, a task he did without ecclesiastical sanction. The present Vulgate contains
    elements which belong to every period of its development, including

    (1) an unrevised Old Latin text of the Book of Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, 1 and 2 Maccabees, and
    Baruch;
    (2) an Old Latin form of the Psalter, which Jerome corrected from the Septuagint;
    (3) Jerome's free translation of the books of Job and Judith;
    (4) Jerome's translation from the Hebrew Old Testament excluding the Psalter;
    (5) an Old Latin revision of the Gospels from Greek manuscripts;
    (6) an Old Latin New Testament, revised.

    Some of the books mentioned belong to a division known as the "Apocrypha," normally
    considered books of Jewish origin which lie outside the canon of the Old Testament.

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