Vulgate

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Biblical manuscript tradition Christian scripture Latin Bible translation Religious text

The Vulgate is the late-4th-century Latin version of the Bible, traditionally attributed to St. Jerome, that became the Catholic Church’s standard biblical text for many centuries.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
Latin Vulgate 4
Clementine Vulgate 2
Nova Vulgata 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical manuscript tradition ⓘ
Christian scripture ⓘ
Latin Bible translation ⓘ
Religious text ⓘ
attributedTo Jerome ⓘ
basedOn Septuagint ⓘ
surface form: Greek Septuagint

Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Old Latin translations ⓘ
commissionedBy Pope Damasus I ⓘ
contains Apocrypha (in early editions) ⓘ
surface form: Deuterocanonical books

New Testament ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
dateOfComposition circa 382–405 ⓘ
declaredAuthenticBy Council of Trent ⓘ
declaredAuthenticIn 1546 ⓘ
denominationalUse Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
genre Bible translation ⓘ
Religious scripture ⓘ
hasVersion Vulgate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Clementine Vulgate

Vulgate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nova Vulgata

Vulgate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sixto-Clementine Vulgate

Vulgate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Stuttgart Vulgate
influenceOn Catholic theology ⓘ
Christian liturgy ⓘ
European literature ⓘ
Medieval scholarship ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
Western Christianity ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
newTestamentSourceLanguage Koine Greek ⓘ
surface form: Greek
notableEditor Clement VIII ⓘ
Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ
surface form: Erasmus (critical comparison)

Robert Estienne ⓘ
Sixtus V ⓘ
oldTestamentSourceLanguages Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
originalPurpose to provide a reliable and unified Latin text of the Bible ⓘ
partOf Christian biblical canon ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Rome ⓘ
recognizedBy Council of Trent ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
script Latin alphabet ⓘ
significance standard Latin Bible of the Western Church for many centuries ⓘ
statusInCatholicChurch official Latin Bible for many centuries ⓘ
timePeriod late 4th century ⓘ
titleEtymology from Latin 'vulgata editio' meaning 'common edition' ⓘ
translator Jerome ⓘ
usedAs standard biblical text in the Latin West ⓘ
usedIn Catholic liturgy ⓘ
medieval universities ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wachtendonck Psalms → basedOn → Vulgate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin Vulgate Psalms
this entity surface form: Sixtine Vulgate (for New Testament, with later influence of Clementine Vulgate)
this entity surface form: Nova Vulgata
Sixtus V → commissioned → Vulgate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sixtine Vulgate
this entity surface form: Vulgate Bible
this entity surface form: Nova Vulgata Bible
Bible → hasTranslation → Vulgate ⓘ
Vulgate → hasVersion → Vulgate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clementine Vulgate
Vulgate → hasVersion → Vulgate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sixto-Clementine Vulgate
Vulgate → hasVersion → Vulgate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stuttgart Vulgate
Vulgate → hasVersion → Vulgate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nova Vulgata
Lamentations → includedIn → Vulgate ⓘ
Clement VIII → notableWork → Vulgate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clementine Vulgate
Jerome → notableWork → Vulgate ⓘ
Laban → religiousTextTradition → Vulgate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin Vulgate
Latin West → scripturalText → Vulgate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin Vulgate Bible
Luther Bible → sourceLanguage → Vulgate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin Vulgate
this entity surface form: Latin Vulgate
Myles Coverdale → usedSources → Vulgate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin Vulgate