Vulgate

Also known as Latin Vulgate

The Vulgate () is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible. It is largely the work of Saint Jerome who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Gospels used by the Roman Church. Later, of his own initiative, Jerome extended this work of revision and translation to include most of the books of the Bible.

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The Vulgate is a Latin translation of the Bible completed in the late 4th century, primarily by Saint Jerome, who was commissioned by Pope Damasus I in 382 to revise the Gospels used by the Roman Church. It matters because Jerome later expanded this work to translate most of the Bible into Latin, creating a version that became foundational to the Roman Catholic Church and Western Christian tradition.

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title: Versio vulgata
publication date: 0400-00-00
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Contents

Terminology
Authorship
Content
Jerome's work of translation
Prologues
{{Anchor|Relation with the Old Latin Bible}}Relation with the ''Vetus Latina'' Bible
New Testament
Old Testament
Psalter
Deuterocanonials
Council of Trent and position of the Catholic Church
Variants
Influence on Western Christianity
Reformation
Translations
Influence upon the English language
Critical value
Manuscripts and editions
Manuscripts and early editions
Carolingian period
Late Middle Ages
Printed editions
Renaissance
Sixtine and Clementine Vulgates
Modern critical editions
{{anchor|Oxford Vulgate|Wordsworth and White (Oxford) New Testament|Oxford Vulgate New Testament}} Oxford New Testament
Benedictine (Rome) Old Testament
{{Anchor|Stuttgart edition|Weber-Gryson (Stuttgart) edition}}Stuttgart Vulgate
''Nova Vulgata''
{{Anchor|Electronic versions}}Online versions
See also
Related articles
Selected manuscripts
Notes
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

The Vulgate became progressively adopted as the Bible text within the Western Church. Over succeeding centuries, it eventually eclipsed the texts. By the 13th century it had taken over from the former version the designation (the "version commonly used") or for short. The Vulgate also contains some Vetus Latina translations that Jerome did not work on.