Biblical History Chapter 2 Latin Vulgate 382-407 AD

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Pope Damasus I called for a council to discuss on what an offical cannon list would be. Later on he sent a notice to Jerome on a need to revise then New Testament. He was born at Sidon, Italy on 3-27-347AD. The then official cannon was named Vetus Latina. Before Damasus I passes Jerome wrote this; "Therefore, this present little preface promises only the four Gospels, the order of which is Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, revised in comparison with only old Greek books. They do not disagree with many familiar Latin readings, as we have kept our pen in control, but only those in which the sense will have been seen to have changed (from the Greek) are corrected; the rest remain as they have been". After he finished writing the new translation, Jerome fled from Rome in 385. He began to live in a monastery at Bethlehem, Palestina Prima. Where he began to learn how to read and write in Hebrew. After writing a Greek Translation of the Psalms out of Hebrew. Jerome continued to translated the entire Old Testament out of the ancient language. When it was said an done both the Old and New Testament were translated into the most common people language the Latin Vulgate. He passed away in 9-30-420 AD at the age of 73.