The Church Fathers · 382–405
The Vulgate
Jerome · c. 347–420
What it is
A new Latin Bible made, against loud objection, from the Hebrew rather than the Greek Septuagint, with prefaces defending each decision.
Why it lasted
The Bible of Western Christianity for over a thousand years — the text Aquinas expounded, Luther argued with, and the Council of Trent declared authentic.
Where to read it
This work is in the public domain and can be read in full, free, at the archives below. The Library catalogues it; it does not host the text.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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