[dollars_for_dogma]

"Long before the 'Vulgate' was penned,..."

It was compiled, not penned.

"Long before the 'Vulgate'....the scriptures were translated to other languages including Latin..."

The Vulgate is the latin translation.

Pope Damasus (Catholic) commissioned St Jerome (Eusebius Hieronymus) to translate the original Greek and Hebrew texts into Latin.

The Biblia Sacra Vulgata (Vulgate) was translated into Latin between the years 390-405AD

[Iscool]

It was compiled, not penned.

Pope Damasus (Catholic) commissioned St Jerome (Eusebius Hieronymus) to translate the original Greek and Hebrew texts into Latin.

So what did he use, a hammmer and a chisel?

[A.J.Armitage]

Pope Damasus (Catholic) commissioned St Jerome (Eusebius Hieronymus) to translate the original Greek and Hebrew texts into Latin.

Hmmmm...

I guess that would mean that for 400 years they had the Greek and Hebrew, didn't they? Not to mention the Old Latin versions.