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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 14

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… Migne, in his edition of Eusebius' works, omits the Topica and refers to his edition of Jerome's works, where, however, he gives only Jerome's version, not the original Greek (III. 859-928). The …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 243

Prefaces.

Prefaces. ------------------------ The Prefaces to Jerome's works have in many cases a special value. This value is sometimes personal; they are the free expressions of his feelings to those whom he trusts. Sometimes it lies …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 112

Letter 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 XCVI.) it deals mainly with the heresies of Apollinarius and Origen. Letter XCIX …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 188

Chapter XXIV.--The Commentaries which he prepared at Alexandria.

… The catalogue of Jerome also mentions five books. [1967] Jerome (in the catalogue and in the passage quoted by Rufinus, Apol. II. 20) mentions two books and two dialogues on the Resurrection (De Resurrectione libros …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 85

Letter LXVII. From Augustine.

… He speaks with approval of Jerome's treatise On Famous Men, incorrectly called the Epitaph (see Letter CXII. §3). He also repeats his objections to Jerome's account of the quarrel between Paul and Peter …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 24

Letter XVIII. To Pope Damasus.

… A letter from Damasus to Jerome, in which he asks for an explanation of the word "Hosanna" (a.d. 383). Letter XX. To Pope Damasus. Jerome's reply to the foregoing. Exposing the error of …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 181

Chapter XVII.--The Translator Symmachus. [1894]

… also Jerome, de vir. ill. c. 56). From chap. 28 we learn that he was a confessor in the persecution of Maximinus (Jerome calls him also a deacon), and it seems to have been in …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 237

Preface to the Translations of Origen's Books Peri 'Archon

… The Preface to them was intended to remove prejudices by showing that Jerome (who though not named is clearly described) had been Rufinus' precursor in translating Origen. The compliments paid to Jerome were no doubt …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 164

Chapter XXVII.--The Works of Others that flourished at that Time.

… Sophronius, in translating Jerome, puts homilias for tractatus, but this of course is of no authority. [1730] Apion's work is mentioned also by Jerome (de vir. ill. chap. 4), but nothing is added to …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 81

Letter LXII. To Tranquillinus.

… Isidore reported against Jerome and consequently Theophilus refused to answer several of his letters. Finally he wrote counselling him to obey the canons of the church. Jerome replies that to do this has always been …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 159

Letter CXXXVIII. To Riparius.

… 15. [3894] It would seem as if Jerome, like Augustine, had at first thought favourably of Pelagius. [3895] Ps. lviii. 4. [3896] i.e. the monastic establishment under Jerome's guidance at Bethlehem. See Letters …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 252

[5428] Angulis. So. Cic. Rep. i. 2.

… This Commentary was specially prized by Jerome as exhibiting his true views (Letter LXXXIV. 2), and they became in consequence one of the chief subjects of controversy between him and Rufinus, who traced in them …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 38

Letter XXXIV. To Marcella.

… 14) is untenable and would require "shakers off" to be substituted for "shaken off," Jerome reverts to the Hebrew as before and declares that the true rendering is that of Symmachus and Theodotion, viz. "children …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 113

Letter CIII. To Augustine.

… In this letter Augustine (1) commends to Jerome the deacon Cyprian, (2) explains how it is that his first letter (Letter LVI.) has miscarried, and (3) urges Jerome to base his scriptural labours not on …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 201

[4371] Ex. xxxvii.

… iii. [4374] Jerome derives Gilgal from nlh to uncover: the accepted derivation is from nll to roll. [4375] Ex. iii. 5; Jos. v. 15. [4376] Josh. x. 3. [4377] Josh. x. 16. [4378] S. Luke …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 144

Letter CXXVI. To Marcellinus and Anapsychia.

… Marcellinus, a Roman official of high rank, and Anapsychia his wife had written to Jerome from Africa to ask him his opinion on the vexed question of the origin of the soul. Jerome in his …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 143

[3397] Luke xxiii. 43.

… 15. [3410] Lybicæ Syrtes. [3411] An important city of Abyssinia in Jerome's day, 120 miles from the Red Sea. It is now in ruins. [3412] Gen. ii. 11. [3413] Matt. xiii. 45-46; vi …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 37

Letter XXXII. To Marcella.

… A 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 an unqualified eulogium upon Origen, which contrasts strongly …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 233

[2461] dodekatemorion: "twelfth-part."

… also Jerome's Comment. in Osee, prologus). In his second epistle to Pammachius (Migne, No. 49) Jerome refers also to Pierius' commentary on First Corinthians, and quotes from it the words, "In saying this Paul …

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Augustine — Anti-Pelagian Writings • SECTION 82

Chapter 12 [VI.]--The Universal Consensus Respecting Original Sin.

… When this controversy, indeed, first began, I am unable to say; but one thing I know, that even the holy Jerome, who is in our own day renowned for great industry and learning in ecclesiastical …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 110

Letter XCI. From Epiphanius to Jerome.

… From Epiphanius to Jerome. An exultant letter from Epiphanius in which he describes the success of his council (convened at the suggestion of Theophilus), sends Jerome a copy of its synodical letter. and urges him …

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