Bible Maker: Jerome: The Fascinating Story of the Author of the Latin VulgateAuthorHouse, 2005 M03 15 - 292 páginas Bible Maker: Jerome is a book of historical fiction about the translator of the Latin Vulgate Bible. This 4th century saint was a bridge between the Christian Church of the East and the West, serving the West as a papal secretary and monastic pioneer, but spending most of his adult life in Bethlehem in the East as a biblical exegete, translator, and monk. Bible Maker: Jerome uses the vast corpus of writings of this Doctor of the Church as the framework for a fresh look at this outspoken apologist and biblical scholar. Christianitys ascendancy in Rome under Constantine, the Arian heresy, the first two general church councils at Nicea and Constantiople. . . all were part of Jeromes controversial life. Bible Maker: Jerome is more than fiction . . . it is fascinating Church history brought to life. |
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... East and the Church of the West...who was knowledgeable in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and other ancient languages...who vowed never to read Cicero and other pagan works, but, thanks to a change of heart, enlarged his library with profane ...
... East (Galerius). The title of Caesar at this time was a military title inferior to that of Augustus, which ... Eastern Christian Church into extinction. In 305, he and Constantius were elevated to the rank of Augusti by Diocletian who ...
... East. Constantius, Augustus emperor of Rome, was considered the senior emperor, but Galerius, now Augustus emperor of the East, really had more power because the two new Caesars were his appointments. Power shifted to the Eastern ...
... East proclaimed the Edict of Milan, which established a policy of religious freedom for all: When I, Constantine Augustus, as well as I, Licinius Augustus, fortunately met near Mediolanurn (Milan), and were considering everything that ...
... world, as if in a time machine, and learn of the forces that were shaping the cultures of East and West, the politics of the empire, and the new powerful force of Christianity. Stridon Φφ T he wind blew in from the sea xxiv.