Letters

Saint Jerome of Stridon · the golden age of the Fathers · 142 parts

Parts

• Letters — From Augustine to Optatus. (St. Jerome) · 24 paragraphsFrom Augustine to Optatus. Augustine writes to Optatus, bishop of Milevis, to say that he cannot send him a copy of his letter to Jerome on the…
• Letters — From Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis, in Cyprus, to John, Bishop of Jerusalem. (St. Jerome) · 27 paragraphs83Letter LI. From Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis, in Cyprus, to John, A coolness had arisen between these two bishops in connection with the…
• Letters — From Theophilus. (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraph189Letter C. From Theophilus. A translation by Jerome of Theophilus’s paschal letter for 404 a.d. In it Theophilus inculcates penitence for sinners,…
• Letters — Letter 1 (St. Jerome) · 18 paragraphsLetter I. To Innocent. Not only the first of the letters but probably the earliest extant composition of Jerome (c. 370 a.d.). Innocent, to whom it…
• Letters — Letter 2 (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphsLetter II. To Theodosius and the Rest of the Anchorites. Written from Antioch, 374 a.d., while Jerome was still in doubt as to his future course.…
• Letters — Letter 3 (St. Jerome) · 10 paragraphsLetter III. To Rufinus the Monk. Written from Antioch, 374 a.d., to Rufinus in Egypt. Jerome narrates his travels and the events which have taken…
• Letters — Letter 4 (St. Jerome) · 3 paragraphsLetter IV. To Florentius. Sent to Florentius along with the preceding letter, which Jerome requests him to deliver to Rufinus. This Florentius was a…
• Letters — Letter 5 (St. Jerome) · 5 paragraphsWritten a few months after the preceding (about the end of 374 a.d.) from the Syrian Desert. After dilating on his friendship for Florentius, and…
• Letters — Letter 6 (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphsLetter VI. To Julian, a Deacon of Antioch. This letter, written in 374 a.d., is chiefly interesting for its mention of Jerome’s sister. It would seem…
• Letters — Letter 7 (St. Jerome) · 9 paragraphsLetter VII. To Chromatius, Jovinus, and Eusebius. This letter (written like the preceding in 374 a.d.) is addressed by Jerome to three of his former…
• Letters — Letter 8 (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphsLetter VIII. To Niceas, Sub-Deacon of Aquileia. Niceas, the sub-deacon, had accompanied Jerome to the East but had now returned home. In after-years…
• Letters — Letter 9 (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphsLetter IX. To Chrysogonus, a Monk of Aquileia. A bantering letter to an indifferent correspondent. Of the same date as the preceding. Heliodorus, who…
• Letters — Letter 10 (St. Jerome) · 5 paragraphsLetter X. To Paul, an Old Man of Concordia. Jerome writes to Paul of Concordia, a centenarian (§2), and the owner of a good theological library (§3),…
• Letters — Letter 11 (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphsLetter XI. To the Virgins of Æmona. Æmona was a Roman colony not far from Stridon, Jerome’s birthplace. The virgins to whom the note is addressed had…
• Letters — Letter 12 (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphsLetter XII. To Antony, Monk. The subject of this letter is similar to that of the preceding. Of Antony nothing is known except that some mss.…
• Letters — Letter 13 (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphsLetter XIII. To Castorina, His Maternal Aunt. An interesting letter, as throwing some light on Jerome’s family relations. Castorina, his maternal…
• Letters — Letter 14 (St. Jerome) · 23 paragraphsLetter XIV. To Heliodorus, Monk. Heliodorus, originally a soldier, but now a presbyter of the Church, had accompanied Jerome to the East, but, not…
• Letters — Letter 15 (St. Jerome) · 8 paragraphsLetter XV. To Pope Damasus. This letter, written in 376 or 377 a.d., illustrates Jerome’s attitude towards the see of Rome at this time held by…
• Letters — Letter 16 (St. Jerome) · 4 paragraphsLetter XVI. To Pope Damasus. This letter, written a few months after the preceding, is another appeal to Damasus to solve the writer’s doubts. Jerome…
• Letters — Letter 17 (St. Jerome) · 7 paragraphsLetter XVII. To the Presbyter Marcus. In this letter, addressed to one who seems to have had some pre-eminence among the monks of the Chalcidian…
• Letters — Letter 20 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter XX. To Pope Damasus. Jerome’s reply to the foregoing. Exposing the error of Hilary of Poitiers, who supposed the expression to signify…
• Letters — Letter 22 (St. Jerome) · 87 paragraphsLetter XXII. To Eustochium. Perhaps the most famous of all the letters. In it Jerome lays down at great length (1) the motives which ought to actuate…
• Letters — Letter 23 (St. Jerome) · 5 paragraphsLetter XXIII. To Marcella. Jerome writes to Marcella to console her for the loss of a friend who, like herself, was the head of a religious society…
• Letters — Letter 24 (St. Jerome) · 6 paragraphsLetter XXIV. To Marcella. Concerning the virgin Asella. Dedicated to God before her birth, Marcella’s sister had been made a church-virgin at the age…
• Letters — Letter 25 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphAn explanation of the ten names given to God in the Hebrew Scriptures. The ten names are El, Elohim, Sabaôth, Eliôn, Asher yeheyeh (Ex. iii. 14),…
• Letters — Letter 27 (St. Jerome) · 5 paragraphsLetter XXVII. To Marcella. In this letter Jerome defends himself against the charge of having altered the text of Scripture, and shows that he has…
• Letters — Letter 28 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter XXVIII. To Marcella. An explanation of the Hebrew word Selah. This word, rendered by the LXX. διάψαλμα and by Aquila ἀεί, was as much a crux…
• Letters — Letter 30 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphSome account of the so-called alphabetical psalms (XXXVII., CXI., CXII., CXIX., CXLV.). After explaining the mystical meaning of the alphabet, Jerome…
• Letters — Letter 31 (St. Jerome) · 4 paragraphsLetter XXXI. To Eustochium. Jerome writes to thank Eustochium for some presents sent to him by her on the festival of St. Peter. He also moralizes on…
• Letters — Letter 32 (St. Jerome) · 3 paragraphsLetter XXXII. To Marcella. Jerome writes that he is busy collating Aquila’s Greek version of the Old Testament with the Hebrew, inquires after…
• Letters — Letter 33 (St. Jerome) · 5 paragraphsA fragment of a letter in which Jerome institutes a comparison between the industry as writers of M. T. Varro and Origen. It is noteworthy as passing…
• Letters — Letter 35 (St. Jerome) · 5 paragraphsLetter XXXV. From Pope Damasus. Damasus addresses five questions to Jerome with a request for information concerning them. They are: 1. What is the…
• Letters — Letter 36 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter XXXVI. To Pope Damasus. Jerome’s reply to the foregoing. For the second and fourth questions he refers Damasus to the writings of Tertullian,…
• Letters — Letter 37 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter XXXVII. To Marcella. Marcella had asked Jerome to lend her a copy of a commentary by Rhetitius, bishop of Augustodunum (Autun), on the Song of…
• Letters — Letter 38 (St. Jerome) · 8 paragraphsLetter XXXVIII. To Marcella. Blæsilla, the daughter of Paula and sister of Eustochium, had lost her husband seven months after her marriage. A…
• Letters — Letter 39 (St. Jerome) · 23 paragraphsBlæsilla died within three months of her conversion, and Jerome now writes to Paula to offer her his sympathy and, if possible, to moderate her…
• Letters — Letter 40 (St. Jerome) · 5 paragraphsOnasus, of Segesta, the subject of this letter, was among Jerome’s Roman opponents. He is here held up to ridicule in a manner which reflects little…
• Letters — Letter 41 (St. Jerome) · 6 paragraphsAn effort having been made to convert Marcella to Montanism, Jerome here summarizes for her its leading doctrines, which he contrasts with those of…
• Letters — Letter 42 (St. Jerome) · 6 paragraphsLetter XLII. To Marcella. At Marcella’s request Jerome explains to her what is “the sin against the Holy Ghost” spoken of by Christ, and shows…
• Letters — Letter 43 (St. Jerome) · 6 paragraphsLetter XLIII. To Marcella. Jerome draws a contrast between his daily life and that of Origen, and sorrowfully admits his own shortcomings. He then…
• Letters — Letter 44 (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphsLetter XLIV. To Marcella. Marcella had sent some small articles as a present (probably to Paula and Eustochium) and Jerome now writes in their name…
• Letters — Letter 45 (St. Jerome) · 10 paragraphsAfter leaving Rome for the East, Jerome writes to Asella to refute the calumnies by which he had been assailed, especially as regards his intimacy…
• Letters — Letter 46 (St. Jerome) · 25 paragraphsLetter XLVI. Paula and Eustochium to Marcella. Jerome writes to Marcella in the name of Paula and Eustochium, describing the charms of the Holy Land,…
• Letters — Letter 47 (St. Jerome) · 4 paragraphsLetter XLVII. To Desiderius. Jerome invites two of his old friends at Rome, Desiderius and his sister (or wife) Serenilla, to join him at Bethlehem.…
• Letters — Letter 48 (St. Jerome) · 54 paragraphsLetter XLVIII. To Pammachius. An “apology” for the two books “against Jovinian” which Jerome had written a short time previously, and of which he had…
• Letters — Letter 49 (St. Jerome) · 6 paragraphsLetter XLIX. To Pammachius. Jerome encloses the preceding letter, thanks Pammachius for his efforts to suppress his treatise “against Jovinian,” but…
• Letters — Letter 50 (St. Jerome) · 12 paragraphsDomnio, a Roman (called in Letter XLV. “the Lot of our time”), had written to Jerome to tell him that an ignorant monk had been traducing his books…
• Letters — Letter 52 (St. Jerome) · 33 paragraphsNepotian, the nephew of Heliodorus (for whom see Letter XIV.), had, like his uncle, abandoned the military for the clerical calling, and was now a…
• Letters — Letter 53 (St. Jerome) · 28 paragraphsLetter LIII. To Paulinus. Jerome urges Paulinus, bishop of Nola, (for whom see Letter LVIII.) to make a diligent study of the Scriptures and to this…
• Letters — Letter 54 (St. Jerome) · 32 paragraphsA letter of guidance to a widow on the best means of preserving her widowhood (according to Jerome ‘the second of the three degrees of chastity’).…
• Letters — Letter 55 (St. Jerome) · 15 paragraphsA very interesting letter. Amandus a presbyter of Burdigala (Bourdeaux) had written to Jerome for an explanation of three passages of scripture, viz.…
• Letters — Letter 56 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter LVI. From Augustine. Augustine’s first letter to Jerome (printed in his correspondence in this Library as Letter XXVIII.): through a series of…
• Letters — Letter 57 (St. Jerome) · 32 paragraphsPammachius on the Best Method of Translating. Written to Pammachius (for whom see Letter LXVI.) in a.d.
• Letters — Letter 58 (St. Jerome) · 19 paragraphsLetter LVIII. To Paulinus. In this his second letter to Paulinus of Nola Jerome dissuades him from making a pilgrimage to the Holy Places, and…
• Letters — Letter 59 (St. Jerome) · 6 paragraphsAn answer to five questions put to Jerome by Marcella in a letter not preserved. The questions are as follows.
• Letters — Letter 60 (St. Jerome) · 39 paragraphsLetter LX. To Heliodorus. One of Jerome’s finest letters, written to console his old friend, Heliodorus, now Bp. of Altinum, for the loss of his…
• Letters — Letter 61 (St. Jerome) · 10 paragraphsLetter LXI. To Vigilantius. Vigilantius on his return to the West after his visit to Jerusalem (whither he had gone as the bearer of letters from…
• Letters — Letter 62 (St. Jerome) · 4 paragraphsLetter LXII. To Tranquillinus. Tranquillinus, one of Jerome’s Roman friends, had written (1) to tell him of the stand that Oceanus was making against…
• Letters — Letter 63 (St. Jerome) · 4 paragraphsLetter LXIII. To Theophilus. When the dispute arose between Jerome and Epiphanius on the one side and Rufinus and John of Jerusalem on the other (see…
• Letters — Letter 64 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphFabiola’s visit to Bethlehem had been shortened by the threatened invasion of the Huns which compelled Jerome and his friends to take refuge for a…
• Letters — Letter 65 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter LXV. To Principia. A commentary on Ps. XLV. addressed to Marcella’s friend and companion Principia (see Letter CXXVII.). Jerome prefaces what…
• Letters — Letter 66 (St. Jerome) · 27 paragraphsLetter LXVI. To Pammachius. Pammachius a Roman senator, had lost his wife Paulina one of Paula’s daughters, while she was still in the flower of her…
• Letters — Letter 67 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter LXVII. From Augustine. Jerome having written him a short letter (no longer extant) Augustine now replies. He speaks with approval of Jerome’s…
• Letters — Letter 68 (St. Jerome) · 5 paragraphsLetter LXVIII. To Castrutius. Castrutius, a blind man of Pannonia, had set out for Bethlehem to visit Jerome. However, on reaching Cissa (whether…
• Letters — Letter 69 (St. Jerome) · 32 paragraphsOceanus, a Roman nobleman zealous for the faith, had asked Jerome to back him in a protest against Carterius a Spanish bishop who contrary to the…
• Letters — Letter 71 (St. Jerome) · 13 paragraphsLetter LXXI. To Lucinius. Lucinius was a wealthy Spaniard of Bætica who in conformity with the ascetic ideas of his time had made a vow of continence…
• Letters — Letter 72 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter LXXII. To Vitalis. Vitalis had asked Jerome “Is Scripture credible when it tells us that Solomon and Ahaz became fathers at the age of…
• Letters — Letter 73 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter LXXIII. To Evangelus. Evangelus had sent Jerome an anonymous treatise in which Melchisedek was identified with the Holy Ghost, and had asked…
• Letters — Letter 74 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter LXXIV. To Rufinus of Rome. Rufinus, a Roman Presbyter (to be carefully distinguished from Rufinus of Aquileia and Rufinus the Syrian), had…
• Letters — Letter 75 (St. Jerome) · 10 paragraphsLetter LXXV. To Theodora. Theodora the wife of the learned Spaniard Lucinius (for whom see Letter LXXI.) had recently lost her husband, 155a…
• Letters — Letter 76 (St. Jerome) · 5 paragraphsLetter LXXVI. To Abigaus. Abigaus the recipient of this letter was a blind presbyter of Bætica in Spain. He had asked the help of Jerome’s prayers in…
• Letters — Letter 77 (St. Jerome) · 24 paragraphsLetter LXXVII. To Oceanus. The eulogy of Fabiola whose restless life had come to an end in 399 a.d. Jerome tells the story of her sin and of her…
• Letters — Letter 78 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter LXXVIII. To Fabiola. A treatise on the Forty-two Mansions or Halting-places of the Israelites, originally intended for Fabiola but not…
• Letters — Letter 79 (St. Jerome) · 26 paragraphsLetter LXXIX. To Salvina. A letter of consolation addressed by Jerome to Salvina (a lady of the imperial court) on the death of her husband…
• Letters — Letter 80 (St. Jerome) · 7 paragraphsLetter LXXX. From Rufinus to Macarius. Rufinus on his return from Bethlehem to Rome published a Latin version of Origen’s treatise περι ᾽Αρχῶν, On…
• Letters — Letter 81 (St. Jerome) · 4 paragraphsLetter LXXXI. To Rufinus. A friendly letter of remonstrance written by Jerome to Rufinus on receipt of his version of the περὶ ᾽Αρχῶν see the…
• Letters — Letter 82 (St. Jerome) · 23 paragraphsLetter LXXXII. To Theophilus Bishop of Two years after his former attempt (see Letter LXIII.) Theophilus again wrote to Jerome urging him to be…
• Letters — Letter 83 (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphsLetter LXXXIII. From Pammachius and Oceanus. A letter from Pammachius and Oceanus in which they express the perplexity into which they have been…
• Letters — Letter 84 (St. Jerome) · 26 paragraphsLetter LXXXIV. To Pammachius and Oceanus. A calm letter in which Jerome defines and justifies his own attitude towards Origen, but unduly minimizes…
• Letters — Letter 85 (St. Jerome) · 7 paragraphsLetter LXXXV. To Paulinus. Paulinus had asked Jerome two questions, (1) how can certain passages of scripture (Exod. vii. 13; Rom. ix. 16) be…
• Letters — Letter 86 (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphsLetter LXXXVI. To Theophilus. Jerome congratulates Theophilus on the success of his crusade against Origenism, and speaks of the good work done in…
• Letters — Letter 87 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter LXXXVII. From Theophilus to Jerome. Theophilus informs Jerome that he has expelled the Origenists from the monasteries of Nitria, and urges…
• Letters — Letter 88 (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphsLetter LXXXVIII. To Theophilus. Replying to the preceding letter Jerome again congratulates Theophilus on the success of his efforts to put down…
• Letters — Letter 89 (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphsLetter LXXXIX. From Theophilus to Jerome. This letter (probably earlier in date than the three preceding) commends to Jerome the monk Theodore, who,…
• Letters — Letter 90 (St. Jerome) · 3 paragraphsLetter XC. From Theophilus to Epiphanius. Theophilus writes to Epiphanius to convoke a council in Cyprus for the condemnation of Origenism and asks…
• Letters — Letter 91 (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphsLetter XCI. From Epiphanius to Jerome. An exultant letter from Epiphanius in which he describes the success of his council (convened at the…
• Letters — Letter 92 (St. Jerome) · 10 paragraphsThe Synodical Letter of Theophilus to the Bishops of Palestine and of The synodical letter of the council held at Alexandria in 400 a.d. to condemn…
• Letters — Letter 93 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter XCIII. From the Bishops of Palestine to Theophilus. The synodical letter of the council of Jerusalem sent to Theophilus in reply to the…
• Letters — Letter 94 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter XCIV. From Dionysius to Theophilus. In this letter (translated into Latin by Jerome) Dionysius, bishop of Lydda, praises Theophilus for his…
• Letters — Letter 95 (St. Jerome) · 4 paragraphsLetter XCV. From Pope Anastasius to Simplicianus. At the request of Theophilus Anastasius, bishop of Rome, writes to Simplicianus, bishop of Milan,…
• Letters — Letter 97 (St. Jerome) · 8 paragraphsLetter XCVII. To Pammachius and Marcella. With this letter Jerome sends to Pammachius and Marcella a translation of the paschal letter issued by…
• Letters — Letter 98 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter XCVIII. From Theophilus. A translation by Jerome of Theophilus’s paschal letter for the year 402 a.d. Like that of the previous year (Letter…
• Letters — Letter 99 (St. Jerome) · 4 paragraphsLetter XCIX. To Theophilus. Jerome forwards to Theophilus a translation of the latter’s paschal letter for 404 a.d. and apologizes for his delay in…
• Letters — Letter 101 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CI. From Augustine. A letter from Augustine in which he denies that he has written a book against Jerome and sent it to Rome but confesses…
• Letters — Letter 102 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CII. To Augustine. Jerome’s reply to the foregoing in which, it has been said, friendship struggles with suspicion and resentment. He warns…
• Letters — Letter 104 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CIV. From Augustine. In this letter Augustine (1) commends to Jerome the deacon Cyprian, (2) explains how it is that his first letter (Letter…
• Letters — Letter 105 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphJerome’s answer to the foregoing. He complains that even now he has not received Augustine’s letter and asks him to send him a copy of it. Popular…
• Letters — Letter 106 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CVI. To Sunnias and Fretela. A long letter in which Jerome answers a number of questions put to him by two sojourners in Getica, Sunnias and…
• Letters — Letter 107 (St. Jerome) · 28 paragraphsLaeta, the daughter-in-law of Paula, having written from Rome to ask Jerome how she ought to bring up her infant daughter (also called Paula) as a…
• Letters — Letter 108 (St. Jerome) · 75 paragraphsLetter CVIII. To Eustochium. This, one of the longest of Jerome’s letters, was written to console Eustochium for the loss of her mother who had…
• Letters — Letter 109 (St. Jerome) · 8 paragraphsRiparius, a presbyter of Aquitaine had written to inform Jerome that Vigilantius (for whom see Letter LXI.) was preaching in southern Gaul against…
• Letters — Letter 110 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CX. From Augustine. Augustine’s answer to Letter CII. He now tries to soothe Jerome’s wounded feelings, begs him to overlook the offence that…
• Letters — Letter 112 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CXII. To Augustine. On receiving Letter CIV. together with duly authenticated copies of Letters LVI. and LXVII. Jerome in three days completes…
• Letters — Letter 113 (St. Jerome) · 3 paragraphsLetter CXIII. From Theophilus to Jerome. Theophilus, bishop of Alexandria, had compiled an invective against John Chrysostom, bishop of…
• Letters — Letter 114 (St. Jerome) · 4 paragraphsLetter CXIV. To Theophilus. Jerome writes to Theophilus to apologize for his delay in sending Latin versions of the latter’s letter (CXIII.) and…
• Letters — Letter 115 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CXV. To Augustine. A short but most friendly letter in which Jerome excuses himself for the freedom with which he has dealt with Augustine’s…
• Letters — Letter 116 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CXVI. From Augustine. A long letter in which Augustine for the third time (see Letters LVI., LXVII.) restates his opinion about Jerome’s…
• Letters — Letter 117 (St. Jerome) · 26 paragraphsLetter CXVII. To a Mother and Daughter Living in Gaul. A monk of Gaul had during a visit to Bethlehem asked Jerome for advice under the following…
• Letters — Letter 118 (St. Jerome) · 21 paragraphsLetter CXVIII. To Julian. Jerome writes to Julian, a wealthy nobleman apparently of Dalmatia (§5), to console him for the loss of his wife and two…
• Letters — Letter 119 (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphsLetter CXIX. To Minervius and Alexander. Minervius and Alexander two monks of Toulouse had written to Jerome asking him to explain for them a large…
• Letters — Letter 120 (St. Jerome) · 13 paragraphsAt the request of Hedibia, a lady of Gaul much interested in the study of scripture, Jerome deals with the following twelve questions. It will be…
• Letters — Letter 121 (St. Jerome) · 11 paragraphsJerome writes to a lady of Gaul named Algasia to answer eleven questions which she had submitted to him. They were as follows:— (1) How is Luke vii.…
• Letters — Letter 124 (St. Jerome) · 29 paragraphsAvitus to whom this letter is addressed is probably the same person who induced Jerome to write to Salvina (see Letter LXXIX., §I, ante). The…
• Letters — Letter 125 (St. Jerome) · 36 paragraphsLetter CXXV. To Rusticus. Rusticus, a young monk of Toulouse, (to be carefully distinguished from the recipient of Letter CXXII.) is advised by…
• Letters — Letter 126 (St. Jerome) · 7 paragraphsLetter CXXVI. To Marcellinus and Anapsychia. Marcellinus, a Roman official of high rank, and Anapsychia his wife had written to Jerome from Africa to…
• Letters — Letter 127 (St. Jerome) · 23 paragraphsLetter CXXVII. To Principia. This letter is really a memoir of Marcella (for whom see note on Letter XXIII.) addressed to her greatest friend. After…
• Letters — Letter 128 (St. Jerome) · 14 paragraphsLetter CXXVIII. To Gaudentius. Gaudentius had written from Rome to ask Jerome’s advice as to the bringing up of his infant daughter; whom after the…
• Letters — Letter 129 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CXXIX. To Dardanus. In answer to a question put by Dardanus, prefect of Gaul, Jerome writes concerning the Promised Land which he identifies…
• Letters — Letter 130 (St. Jerome) · 50 paragraphsLetter CXXX. To Demetrias. Jerome writes to Demetrias, a highborn lady of Rome who had recently embraced the vocation of a virgin. After narrating…
• Letters — Letter 131 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CXXXI. From Augustine. At the suggestion of Jerome, Marcellinus (for whom see Letter CXXVI.) had consulted Augustine on the difficult question…
• Letters — Letter 132 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CXXXII. From Augustine. In this letter Augustine deals with the statement of James ii. 10 (“whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend…
• Letters — Letter 133 (St. Jerome) · 35 paragraphsLetter CXXXIII. To Ctesiphon. Ctesiphon had written to Jerome for his opinion on two points in the teaching of Pelagius, (1) his quietism and (2) his…
• Letters — Letter 134 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CXXXIV. To Augustine. Jerome acknowledges the receipt of Letters CXXXI. and CXXXII. and excuses himself from answering the questions raised in…
• Letters — Letter 135 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CXXXV. From Pope Innocent to Aurelius. Shortly after the synod of Diospolis the Pelagians exulting in their success made an attack upon…
• Letters — Letter 136 (St. Jerome) · 3 paragraphsLetter CXXXVI. From Pope Innocent to Jerome. Innocent expresses his sympathy with Jerome and promises to take strong measures to punish his opponents…
• Letters — Letter 137 (St. Jerome) · 3 paragraphsLetter CXXXVII. From Pope Innocent to John, Bishop of Jerusalem. Innocent censures John for having allowed the Pelagians to effuse the disturbance at…
• Letters — Letter 138 (St. Jerome) · 3 paragraphsLetter CXXXVIII. To Riparius. Jerome praises Riparius for his zeal on behalf of the Catholic faith and for his efforts to put down the Pelagians. He…
• Letters — Letter 139 (St. Jerome) · 3 paragraphsLetter CXXXIX. To Apronius. Of Apronius nothing is known; but from the mention of Innocent (for whom see Letter CXLIII.) it seems a fair inference…
• Letters — Letter 140 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CXL. To Cyprian the Presbyter. Cyprian had visited Jerome at Bethlehem and had asked him to write an exposition of Psalm XC. in simple…
• Letters — Letter 141 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CXLI. To Augustine A short note in which Jerome praises Augustine for the determined stand which he has made against heresy and speaks of him…
• Letters — Letter 142 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CXLII. To Augustine. There is good ground for supposing this to form part of the previous letter. If so, Jerome speaks in a figure of the…
• Letters — Letter 143 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CXLIII. To Alypius and Augustine. In this letter Jerome congratulates Alypius and Augustine on their success in strangling the heresy of…
• Letters — Letter 145 (St. Jerome) · 3 paragraphsLetter CXLV. To Exuperantius. Jerome advises Exuperantius, a Roman soldier, to come to Bethlehem and with his brother Quintilian to become a monk.…
• Letters — Letter 146 (St. Jerome) · 6 paragraphsLetter CXLVI. To Evangelus. Jerome refutes the opinion of those who make deacons equal to presbyters, but in doing so himself makes presbyters equal…
• Letters — Letter 147 (St. Jerome) · 26 paragraphsLetter CXLVII. To Sabinianus. Jerome writes in severe but moderate language to Sabinianus, a deacon, calling on him to repent of his sins. Of these…
• Letters — Letter 148 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CXLVIII. To the Matron Celantia. This is an interesting letter addressed to a lady of rank, on the principles and methods of a holy life. It…
• Letters — Letter 150 (St. Jerome) · 1 paragraphLetter CL. From Procopius to Jerome. This letter is extant also among those of Procopius of Gaza, to whose works it properly belongs. As this…
• Letters — To Ageruchia. (St. Jerome) · 38 paragraphs230Letter CXXIII. To Ageruchia. An appeal to the widow Ageruchia, highborn lady of Gaul, not to marry again. It should be compared with the letters…
• Letters — To Magnus an Orator of Rome. (St. Jerome) · 12 paragraphsMagnus an Orator of Rome. Jerome thanks Magnus, a Roman orator, for his services in bringing a young man named Sebesius to apologize to him for some…
• Letters — To Marcella. (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphs47Letter XXXIV. To Marcella. In reply to a request from Marcella for information concerning two phrases in Ps. cxxvii. (“bread of sorrow,” v. 2, and…
• Letters — To Pope Damasus. (St. Jerome) · 2 paragraphs22Letter XVIII. To Pope Damasus. This (written from Constantinople in a.d. 381) is the earliest of Jerome’s expository letters. In it he explains at…
• Letters — To Rusticus. (St. Jerome) · 20 paragraphs225Letter CXXII. To Rusticus. Rusticus and Artemia his wife having made a vow of continence broke it. Artemia proceeded to Palestine to do penance…