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THE WRITER OF THE FIRST BIBLE 📚 PRIMER️
Saint Jerome of Estridion
Bishop and Doctor of the Church
the most famous Bible translator in all history. He is part of the group of the Fathers of the Latin Church next to St. Augustine, St. Ambrosio and St. Gregory. St. Jerome also boasts the title Doctor of the Church.
Jerome of Ostridon, as he is also known, was the great translator of the Bible in ancient times. By the pulcrity of his work and his knowledge, both of Scripture and ancient languages, he marked forever the exegetical tradition of the Church.
St. Jerome translated the biblical text from the languages in which it was originally written into Latin. As it is known, Latin was the most important language of its time and to this day it is considered the official language of the Catholic Church. This titanic work was done by the order of Pope Damas I.
If there is anything that St. Jerome stands for for the tradition of the Church it is the love of the Word of God.. That is why the saint wrote: “Love the Holy Scriptures, and wisdom will love you; love it tenderly, and it will guard you; cherish it and you will receive its caresses.”
Eusebius Hieronymus was born in Ostridon (Dalmatia) around the year 340. He studied in Rome and was baptized there. Then he moved on to the East, where he would be ordained a Presbyter. After returning to Rome, he became secretary to Pope Damasus.
At that time, by the order of the Supreme Pontiff, Jesronimo began to work on a translation of the Bible into Latin – his mother tongue -. The saint had also emphasized in handling the most important languages of those times and since the books of the Holy Scriptures were originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, it turned out that Jerome was the most suitable person to perform that task.
In the midst of the translation process, the saint moved to Bethlehem for the purpose of getting to know the culture better and perfecting his Hebrew. He lived there for several years, dedicating himself to writing commentaries and interpretations of Scripture. From this stage came most of his great comments on a variety of biblical passages.
The translation made by St. Jerome is known as “Vulgata” (“Vulgata Editio”, i.e., “edition for the people”), which has been considered for centuries as the official version of the Bible by the Catholic Church. In fact, in 1546, the Fathers of the Council of Trento recognized the Latin Vulgata with this condition.
According to tradition, one Christmas night, after the Christian faithful withdrew from the Bethlehem cave, the saint stood praying alone in the place.
Suddenly, he heard within himself that the Child Jesus say to him, “Jerome, what are you going to give me on my birthday? “. He answered, “Lord I give you my health, my fame, my honor, so that you may have everything as you please.” The Child Jesus added, “And you won’t give me anything else? “. “Oh my beloved Savior! -exclaimed Jeronimo- for you I already distributed my goods among the poor. For You I have devoted my time to study the Scriptures.. what else can i give you? “If you wanted, I would give you my body to burn in a bonfire so I could wear it all out for You.”
The Divine Child then said to him, “Jerome: give me your sins so that I may forgive them.” The saint upon hearing this burst into tears of emotion and exclaimed: “Crazy you must be in love, when you ask me this!” “.
Saint Jerome died on September 30, 420. Therefore, every month of September – in which its liturgical holiday is celebrated – the Church promotes knowledge and love of the Bible among believers. The saint said, “To ignore Scripture is to ignore Christ.”.

Pope Benedict XVI, at the general hearing on November 7, 2007, recalled the words St. Jerome addressed to St. Paulino of Nola: “In the word of God we receive eternity, eternal life.” St. Jerome says: ‘Let’s try to learn on earth the truths whose consistency will remain also in heaven.’