Jerome of Stridon (Hieronymus)
Doctor of the Church and translator of the Latin Vulgate from original tongues
Sophronius Eusebius Hieronymus was the premier Latin biblical scholar and translator who produced the Latin Vulgate Bible, breaking with tradition to translate the Old Testament directly from the 'Hebrew truth' (Hebraica veritas) rather than the Greek Septuagint, and authoring extensive historical and literal biblical commentaries.
Historical Context & Significance
Living in ascetic seclusion in a cave near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Jerome famously proclaimed: 'Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ'. His translation served as the official Western biblical text for over 1,500 years.
Genealogical Lineage & Splits
This movement or council is an early root foundation with no preceding parent split in the dataset.
Theological & Hermeneutical Coordinates
Primary Scripture Proof-Texts
Key biblical passages central to this tradition's exegesis and historical debates.
Connected Theological Perspectives & Debates
Universal Christian confession that God Almighty is the sole Creator of all things visible and invisible out of nothing (*creatio ex nihilo*).
Unanimous agreement across all Christian communions on the 27 books of the New Testament as divinely inspired canonical scripture.
Universal confession that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins and was raised for our justification according to the Scriptures.
Universal Christian confession that Holy Scripture is divinely inspired, supremely authoritative, and completely trustworthy for knowing God and receiving salvation.