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Vulgate
Vulgate [Lat. Vulgata editio =common edition], most ancient extant version of the whole Christian Bible . Its name derives from a 13th-century reference to it as the "editio vulgata." The official Latin version of the Roman Catholic Church, it was prepared c.AD 383-AD 405 by St. Jerome (c.342-420) at the request of Pope St. Damasus I , his patron. The Vulgate was intended to replace the Old Latin version (the "Itala" ), which was translated from the Greek. Jerome first revised the Old Latin Gospels, translating them in 383-84. Using the Septuagint and Origen's Hexapla , he set to work (385-89) on Job, the Psalms, Chronicles, the books attributed to Solomon, and chapters 40-55 of Isaiah. From 390-405, Jerome used the Hebrew Masoretic text, with the aid of several rabbis, for the basis of his translation. Regarding the Psalms, Jerome made three versions: the Roman Psalter, a mild revision of the Old Latin translation of the Septuagint, used in the Roman liturgy until c.1570; the Gallican Psalter, a revision of the Old Latin to parallel it with the Hebrew Masoretic text; and the later Hebrew Psalter, a new translation of the Hebrew Masoretic text. Texts of the Vulgate now contain the Gallican Psalter. As to the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament, Jerome made hasty translations of Tobit, Judith, and the additions to Daniel and Esther; the rest he did not touch, hence the Vulgate includes Old Latin versions of them. From the 5th cent. the Vulgate was popular in the West; by the early Middle Ages it was used everywhere by the Latin churches of the West. All the early vernacular translations were from the Vulgate, which was the first Bible printed on Gutenberg's press. In 1546 the Council of Trent made the Vulgate the official version of the Catholic Church, and in 1592 the official text with no variants was promulgated by Clement VIII. All subsequent editions of the Vulgate published with the church's imprimatur represent this Clementine edition.
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"Vulgate." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Vulgate." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Vulgate.html "Vulgate." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Vulgate.html |
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Vulgate
Vulgate. The Latin version of the ‘Bible most widely used in the W. It was mainly the work of St Jerome, and its original purpose was to end the differences of text in the Old Latin MSS. In 1546 the Council of Trent pronounced it the only authentic Latin text of the Scriptures.
Jerome began his work, at the request of Pope Damasus in 382, with a revision of the Gospels which was completed in 384. It is unlikely that he revised the rest of the NT. In revising the OT he began with the Psalms. About 392 he completed the ‘Gallican Psalter’, using as his basis Origen's Hexaplaric text of the LXX. He then decided that a satisfactory version of the OT could be made only with a fresh translation directly from the Hebrew. This translation occupied him intermittently for some 15 years and included a new translation of the Psalter (the ‘Hebrew Psalter’), which never became popular. Both old and new versions of Scripture were used for some time, but the excellence of Jerome's work was gradually recognized. When (probably in the 6th cent.) the various Books were collected into a single Bible (the Vulgate as we know it), it consisted of Jerome's translation from the Hebrew of the Jewish canonical Books except the Psalter; the Gallican Psalter; Jerome's translation of Tobit and Judith; Old Latin translations of the rest of the Apocrypha; Jerome's revision of the Gospels; and a revised text of Acts, Epistles, and Rev. All that can be said with certainty about the revision of the latter part of the NT is that the earliest evidence for its existence occurs in quotations in the writings of Pelagius and his circle. |
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Vulgate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Vulgate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Vulgate.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Vulgate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Vulgate.html |
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Vulgate
Vulgate (Lat., versio vulgata, ‘popular version’). The Lat. version of the Christian Bible of widest circulation where Latin continued to be used. Mainly the work of Jerome, it was intended to end the confusion of varying readings in the existing ‘Old Latin’ MSS of the Bible. The Council of Trent (1546) pronounced the Vulgate the only authentic Lat. text of the scriptures. A full critical edition by the Benedictines was begun at the direction of Pope Pius X in 1907.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Vulgate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Vulgate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Vulgate.html JOHN BOWKER. "Vulgate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Vulgate.html |
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Vulgate
Vul·gate / ˈvəlˌgāt; -gət/ • n. 1. the principal Latin version of the Bible, prepared mainly by St. Jerome in the late 4th century, and (as revised in 1592) adopted as the official text for the Roman Catholic Church. 2. (vul·gate) [in sing.] formal common or colloquial speech: I required a new, formal language in which to address him, not the vulgate. 3. (vul·gate) the traditionally accepted text of any author. |
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"Vulgate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Vulgate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vulgate.html "Vulgate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vulgate.html |
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Vulgate
Vulgate The translation of the Bible from the original languages into Latin by Jerome (from 383 to 405 CE) undertaken at the request of Pope Damasus to bring order into the various existing versions. It became the official Bible of the medieval Church, though after Jerome there were some subsequent revisions. Jerome himself made some additions to the text; they were of dubious authenticity and had doctrinal implications.
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "Vulgate." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "Vulgate." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Vulgate.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "Vulgate." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Vulgate.html |
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Vulgate
Vulgate Oldest surviving version of the complete Bible, compiled and translated, mostly from Greek, into Latin by Saint Jerome from 382. The text was revised several times, and was used universally in the Middle Ages. In 1546, the Council of Trent promoted it as the official Latin translation.
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"Vulgate." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Vulgate." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Vulgate.html "Vulgate." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Vulgate.html |
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Vulgate
Vulgate the principal Latin version of the Bible, prepared mainly by St Jerome in the late 4th century, and (as revised in 1592) adopted as the official text for the Roman Catholic Church. The name comes from Latin vulgata (editio) ‘(edition) prepared for the public’.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Vulgate." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Vulgate." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Vulgate.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Vulgate." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Vulgate.html |
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"vulgate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "vulgate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-vulgate.html "vulgate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-vulgate.html |
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