When did Pope Damasus I commission Jerome to revise the Gospels?
Pope Damasus I commissioned Jerome to revise the Gospels in 382. This task began as a specific assignment to update four Gospel texts using the best available Greek manuscripts.
Questions about Vulgate
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Which books of the Vulgate did Jerome never translate from Hebrew?
Scholars identify that Jerome never translated deuterocanonical books such as 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, and the Letter of Jeremiah. These books appear in the text purely as Vetus Latina translations incorporated over time by later editors or scribes.
What date did the Council of Trent affirm the Vulgate as the official Latin Bible?
The Catholic Church affirmed the Vulgate as its official Latin Bible during the Council of Trent between 1545 and 1563. The council declared this old and vulgate edition authentic for public lectures, disputations, sermons, and expositions on the 8th of April 1546.
Who produced the first printed Vulgate Bible and when was it published?
Johannes Gutenberg produced the first printed Vulgate Bible in Mainz during 1455 through a partnership with banker John Fust. A single manuscript copy sold for approximately 500 guilders at that time before the venture became a commercial failure.
When was the Clementine Vulgate established as the standard Bible text for the Roman Rite?
Clement VIII replaced the Sixtine edition with the Clementine Vulgate in 1592. This version remained the standard Bible text for the Roman Rite until 1979 when the Nova Vulgata was promulgated.