Who
Born at Stridon in Dalmatia, secretary to Pope Damasus in Rome (382–385), then settled in Bethlehem from 386, where he translated the Bible into the Latin that became the Vulgate; a Doctor of the Church. Against Helvidius (383) is the classic defence of Mary's perpetual virginity, arguing that the "brothers of the Lord" are cousins, and his commentaries on Matthew and the prophets, the letters (Letter 22 to Eustochium on virginity) and Against Jovinian fill out the picture. The chain quotes him wherever the Hebrew text or the "brothers" are in question.
Lineage
In the succession →- Taught by
- Gregory of Nazianzusc. 329–390
Jerome, De viris illustribus 117; Letter 50.1 (his teacher in the Scriptures at Constantinople)
Contents
In Jewish Roots of Mary
Who
Translator of the Latin Vulgate and the most learned biblical scholar of the Latin church. When Helvidius claimed the 'brothers' of Jesus were Mary's children, Jerome answered him with a treatise that anchored the perpetual virginity in Scripture.
Quoted works
- Letters 22.21 — 'Death came through Eve, but life has come through Mary' (p 37)
- Against Helvidius 21 — 'We believe that God was born of a Virgin, because we read it. That Mary was married after she brought forth, we do not believe, because we do not read it' (p 114)
- Against Helvidius 14 — identifies Clopas with Alphaeus — a step Pitre's own argument does not require (pp 109 (endnote))
Quoted in
Matthew 1:1 · Matthew 1:3–6 · Matthew 1:8–11 · Matthew 1:16 · Matthew 1:18 · …
Mark 1:2–3 · Mark 1:4–8 · Mark 1:9–11 · Mark 1:12–13 · Mark 1:14–15 · …
Letter 1 · Letter 2 · Letter 3 · Letter 4 · Letter 5 · …
Luke 1:26–27 · Luke 1:28–29 · Luke 15:25–32 · Luke 18:18–23 · Luke 2:6–7 · …
John 19:16–18 · John 19:24–27 · John 19:31–37 · John 3:22–26 · John 7:37–39
Chapter 1 · Book 1 · Book 2 · Book 3
Book 1 · Book 2
Against Vigilantius
The Dialogue Against the Luciferians
The Life of Malchus, the Captive Monk
The Life of Paulus the First Hermit
The Life of S. Hilarion
The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary
To Pammachius against John of Jerusalem