Vulgate

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The Vulgate is the late-4th-century Latin version of the Bible, traditionally attributed to St. Jerome, that became the Catholic Church’s standard biblical text for many centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical manuscript tradition
Christian scripture
Latin Bible translation
Religious text
attributedTo Jerome
basedOn Greek Septuagint
linked to: Septuagint

Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Latin translations
commissionedBy Pope Damasus I
contains Deuterocanonical books
New Testament
Old Testament
linked to: Bible
dateOfComposition circa 382–405
declaredAuthenticBy Council of Trent
declaredAuthenticIn 1546
denominationalUse Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
genre Bible translation
Religious scripture
hasVersion Clementine Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate

Nova Vulgata
linked to: Vulgate

Sixto-Clementine Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate

Stuttgart Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
influenceOn Catholic theology
Christian liturgy
European literature
Medieval scholarship
Renaissance humanism
Western Christianity
language Latin
newTestamentSourceLanguage Greek
linked to: Koine Greek
notableEditor Clement VIII
Erasmus (critical comparison)
linked to: Desiderius Erasmus

Robert Estienne
Sixtus V
oldTestamentSourceLanguages Aramaic
Hebrew
originalPurpose to provide a reliable and unified Latin text of the Bible
partOf Christian biblical canon
placeOfOrigin Rome
recognizedBy Council of Trent
religiousTradition Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
script Latin alphabet
significance standard Latin Bible of the Western Church for many centuries
statusInCatholicChurch official Latin Bible for many centuries
timePeriod late 4th century
titleEtymology from Latin 'vulgata editio' meaning 'common edition'
translator Jerome
usedAs standard biblical text in the Latin West
usedIn Catholic liturgy
medieval universities

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Bible hasTranslation Vulgate
Vulgate hasVersion Clementine Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Vulgate hasVersion Sixto-Clementine Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Vulgate hasVersion Stuttgart Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Vulgate hasVersion Nova Vulgata
linked to: Vulgate
Luther Bible sourceLanguage Latin Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Lamentations includedIn Vulgate
Jerome notableWork Vulgate
Confraternity Bible scripturalSource Latin Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Douay–Rheims Bible sourceText Latin Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Douay–Rheims Bible basedOnEditionOfVulgate Sixtine Vulgate (for New Testament, with later influence of Clementine Vulgate)
linked to: Vulgate
Latin West scripturalText Latin Vulgate Bible
linked to: Vulgate
Sixtus V commissioned Sixtine Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Clement VIII notableWork Clementine Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Laban religiousTextTradition Vulgate
Wachtendonck Psalms basedOn Latin Vulgate Psalms
linked to: Vulgate
Ecclesiastical Latin codifiedIn Nova Vulgata
linked to: Vulgate
Ecclesiastical Latin hasKeyText Vulgate Bible
linked to: Vulgate
Ecclesiastical Latin hasKeyText Nova Vulgata Bible
linked to: Vulgate
Myles Coverdale usedSources Latin Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Commentary on the Minor Prophets associatedWith Vulgate tradition
linked to: Vulgate
Letters associatedWith Vulgate
Hieronymus knownFor Vulgate
Deuterocanonical books includedIn Latin Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Bishopric of Dordrecht usedScriptureTradition Latin Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Coverdale Bible basedOn Latin Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Catholic Homilies scripturalBasis Latin Vulgate Bible
linked to: Vulgate
Great Bible basedOn Latin Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Anna (wife of Tobit) textualSource Vulgate Book of Tobias
linked to: Vulgate
Dominus illuminatio mea derivedFrom Vulgate Bible
linked to: Vulgate
Psalm 48 includedIn Latin Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Heliand basedOn Vulgate Bible
linked to: Vulgate
Pope Clement VIII approvedText Clementine Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Pope Clement VIII namesake Clementine Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Psalm 75 includedIn Vulgate
Council of Rome (382) mainTopic Latin Bible
linked to: Vulgate
Quaecumque vera sourceText Vulgate Bible
linked to: Vulgate
Church of the Roman Empire coreText Latin Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Late Latin notableWork Vulgate Bible
linked to: Vulgate
Missale Mixtum hasScripturalBasis Vulgate Bible
linked to: Vulgate
Lollard Bible basedOn Latin Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate
Complutensian Polyglot Bible OldTestamentLanguages Latin Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate