and Chaldaic. St. Jerome is the patron saint of librarians and his feast day is on September 30. St. Jerome made an important impact within the Western Church and he was also one of the Doctors of the Church. He was able to translate the Bible into Vulgate. This was important because very few men during Jerome’s time and afterward were able to do the work and the translation was declared as the authentic text used in the Western
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Judith and Holofernes The story of Judith and Holofernes from the book of Vulgate demonstrates the extraordinary power a woman can possess. Judith‚ the heroine of the story‚ saves her town from destruction as the author conveys her strength‚ faith‚ and determination throughout her quest against the tyrannical Holofernes by using various archetypes and themes. Before the actual story of Judith begins‚ the author provides some background information. The exposition is set in the great city of Ninevah
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The Codex Aureus Epternach was written in the vulgate‚ or German‚ and not the standard Latin. Latin was really the only accepted language for use in the Catholic Church until the 20th century (Donovan)‚ so it’s likely that the Codex Aureus Epternach was not used for a church or study at an abbey at all
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The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία‚ tà biblía‚ "the books") is acanonical collection of texts considered sacred in Judaism orChristianity. Different religious groups include different books within their canons‚ in different orders‚ and sometimes divide or combine books‚ or incorporate additional material into canonical books. Christian Bibles range from the sixty-six books of the Protestant canon to the eighty-one books of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church canon. The Hebrew Bible‚ or Tanakh‚ contains
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The term Viking is generally applied to medieval Scandinavian culture as it prospered between the 8th-11th centuries CE. Viking art‚ also known as Norse art or the art of Scandinavia included the British Isles and Iceland. It has design elements in common with Celtic‚ Germanic‚ Romanesque and Eastern European art. Besides being known as plunderers‚ the Vikings were also excellent tradesmen and known for being traders along their coasts. They traded timber‚ amber‚ furs‚ and slaves with Byzantine
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Trace the rise in importance of the figure of the Bishop of Rome (what we now call the ‘Pope’) from the first century to the papacy of Leo the Great in the mid fifth century. What factors underpinned Rome’s importance in the Church? In this essay I intend to show how the church in Rome grew in importance and how the Holy Roman See came to hold a position of pre-eminence in the early Christian Church and which still pertains today in the Catholic Church. I will first look at the evidence that
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It is understandable that five hundred years worth of corruption could not be removed in the immediate short term after the Council of Trent‚ but the Council did indeed try to end such problems and it certainly reaffirmed the Catholic faith. It may have taken many years before the effects of Trent had success on a ground roots level as they were implemented‚ but nevertheless Trent was very important in bringing about the emergence of a stronger Papacy in spiritual terms as well as ensuring that Protestantism
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Table of Contents Introduction 3 The Historical Development of Ordination Practice into Christianity 6 Analysis of the Theology of the Ordination Practice Scripturally 11 Sources of Theological practice and church edification 11 The Context of the theological information about ordination 15 The Problem with Traditional Ordination 19 What the Greek NT text says regarding how the saints chose their elders. 35 Other Greek words 38 Why were the elders elected through a vote? 39 What
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century.1 Eusebius of Caesarea‚ a historian of Christianity‚ separated and analyzed each chapter of the Gospel and created tables which "allowed readers to find where a given episode in the life of Christ was located."1 The illustrations are a mix of Vulgate and Old Latin associations. Each painting consists of a well decorated symbol with bold visions. The Book
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discourses. They called for moral reform‚ and their interest in piety extended in how it could be applied to public virtue. The Northern Humanists were in favor of a more scholarly study and use of Latin‚ as opposed to the lower and common Italian Vulgate‚ in use by the Roman Catholic Church. They also were critical of empty ritual: "They emphasized spiritual life rather than ritual observances and published simple French translations of biblical passages to bring the people closer to the simple and
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