A Book
A City of God includes his analysis of the Apocalypse well after Jerome’s Vulgate. Did Augustine wait for it? They did have some issues. Jerome also had some issues with Victorinus but may not have realized that Victorinus may have been looking at another version, the first version written by John the Baptist which did not include the seven churches. In his commentary Victorinus called them the seven spirits.
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A Survivor
unlike previous copies of the Apocalypse. During the chaos of the Protestant Reformation the Church first turned to the Vulgate and made it the official Bible. You won’t find copies of the Apocalypse prior to Jerome’s version. They don’t exist. We have to trust Jerome. He was there. His travels are well documented. His authority came from the Pope.
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A Bible
to be trusted. Jerome didn’t just translate the Bible. He had to find reliable manuscripts. Augustine warned him that another translation would just add to the confusion that already existed. Chrysostom may have determined the final version of the Apocalypse. Before this there was little agreement as to whether it belonged in the Bible.
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