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The Vulgate

A Copy

They are all copies.  Before the printing press no two copies were alike.  Even after the printing press there were still errors.  They all had errors.  Man made errors.  A revised edition is a recognition of those errors.  So who signed your copy?  Who verified the accuracy of your bible?  What are their credentials?  What was their agenda?

Before the bible was defined, Jerome had a look at what existed and recorded his judgement.  You can read many letters to and from Jerome.  Decide for yourself if he can be trusted.

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Jerome

A Giant in the Church

Jerome is the father of the Bible.  He had more influence than the pope.  His letters to and from Augustine and others show how much respect he commanded.  During the Reformation when there was chaos within the Church, they turned to Jerome’s Vulgate that had been around for a thousand years.  It was the standard.  Jerome set the standard.

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Augustine, Jerome, Chrysostom

A Connection

Augustine in chapter seven, book XX of The City of God writes for the first time about the Apocalypse.  This was well after Jerome finished the Vulgate, a Latin translation of the bible.  Before this the bible was not really defined.  Chrysostom was in Ephesus for three months at the beginning of the fifth century replacing exactly seven bishops.  Before this the Apocalypse was not really accepted as being bible worthy.  Visiting Patmos, where John the Apostle is said to have wrote it, must have been hard to resist for the Patriarch of Constantinople. What did he find?  What did he do with it?

Watch for more pieces that fit.  Blessed is the one who looks.

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Eusebius, Pergamus, Antipas

A Church History

Eusebius in his Church History mentions Pergamus twice but never mentions Antipas. He mentions martyr 355 times. He mentions Carpus, Papylus, and Agathonice as martyrs of Pergamus. He mentions six of the churches of the Apocalypse but never associates them with the Apocalypse. There is only one explanation for this.  His copy or version of the Apocalypse did not include them.

Watch for more pieces that fit.  Blessed is the one who looks.

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