Dogmatic and Polemical Works

by Jerome

Book Overview

St. Jerome's reputation rests primarily on his achievements as a translator and as a scriptural exegete. The important service that he rendered to the Church in his doctrinal works is often overlooked or minimized by those who look for originality and independence of thought. St. Jerome was not a theologian in the strict sense of the word. He was no original thinker, and he never abandoned himself to personal meditation of dogma as St. Augustine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813226325
• ISBN13: 9780813226323
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"