Today we remember and give
thanks for Jerome, Translator of Holy Scripture. Jerome was born in a little village
on the Adriatic Sea around the year A.D. 345. At a young age he went to study
in Rome, where he was baptized. After extensive travels, he chose the life of a
monk and spent five years in the Syrian desert. There he learned Hebrew, the
language of the Old Testament . After ordination at Antioch and visits to Rome
and Constantinople, Jerome settled in Bethlehem. From the original Hebrew,
Aramaic, and Greek, he used his ability with languages to translate the Bible
into Latin, the common language of his time. This translation, called the
Vulgate, was the authoritative version of the Bible in the western Church world
for over 1,000 years. Considered one of the great scholars of the early church,
Jerome died on September 30, 420. He was originally interred at Bethlehem but
his remains were eventually taken to Rome.
Collect of the Day:
O
Lord, God of truth, Your Word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our
path. You gave Your servant Jerome
delight in his study of Holy Scripture.
May those who continue to read, mark, and inwardly digest Your Word find
in it the food of salvation and the fountain of life; through Jesus Christ, our
Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
forever.
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