[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

“Nor should we forget that St. Jerome, who translated the entire Bible into Latin left the Catholic Church.”

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By “Catholic” Church you mean Roman Catholic, based on submission to the Pope. That’s an anachronism, since even “Pope” Gregory the Great, by 600AD, still did not believe in the supremacy of his office (on the contrary, he rebuked the entire concept). Evidently, the Bishops in Rome did not know they were the sole head of the church for quite some time.

As for Jerome, even the RCC regards him as a Doctor of their religion. You just dispense with him because he breaks the idea of a traditional continuity on what is or isn’t inspired scripture.

[Petrosius]

You missed the irony with the statement about Saint Jerome, didn't you?

[Natural Law]

"on the contrary, he rebuked the entire concept..."

You still have not answered my question; Do you spend hours prowling the internet looking for anti-Catholic material or do you have a stash left over from previous incarnations?

Peace be with you

[Salvation]

Doctors of the Catholic Church

Saint Jerome was a brilliant scripture scholar and translator of the bible. He was a consultant to popes, bishops and monks. None before or after him were so well qualified or gifted to achieve the monumental task of translating into Latin all the Hebrew books of the bible.

He was peerless in his generation and his contributions to civilization and the church are extraordinary and unmatched. His biblical scholarship and intensity, passion and fury, in which he wrote, are emblematic of his personality traits. Our saint showed anger and deep compassion and he was held in high esteem by those who disliked and loved him. He is commonly called Hieronymus in Latin or Jerome.

The Father of Biblical Science defended the perpetual virginity in body and mind of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ. He was a faithful priest of his day and no one was more learned, prepared and achieved the tasks that he accomplished. He was a prolific writer and his works were voluminous and included the major prophets, and 120 letters. His book of short biographies has preserved much information not otherwise known.

Father Christopher Renger's, O.F.M. book on the 33 Doctors is frequently quoted and his book is listed in the doctoral sources. There is also a concise, one page, historical summary on each of the 73 books of the bible listed at the end.

Jerome will surely tell you that ignorance of the bible is ignorance of Christ. Therefore, you may be the only bible some people will ever read so be careful how you live.

St Jerome, 345-420. Doctor of Biblical Science, Feast Sept 30th.