St. Jerome
St. Jerome
Jeromewas a presbyter, confessor, theologian and historian. He was the son of Eusebius, born at Stridon, a village near Emona on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia, then part of northeastern Italy. He is best known for his translation of most of the Bible into Latin, and his commentaries on the Gospels. His list of writings is extensive...
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christian boys men
Whosoever you are who introduce new doctrines, I beseech you to spare the ears of Romans! Spare that faith which was commended by the voice of an Apostle. Why should you attempt to teach us, at the end of hundreds of years, that which we never heard before? Why bring forward what Peter and Paul did not will to make known? Until this day, the world was Christian without your doctrine. Thus, I hold as an old man onto that faith wherein I was regenerated as a boy.
waiting bitter truth-is
While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
practice church deeds
Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, "Why do you not practice what you preach?
grants offers asks
It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.
friendship thinking catholic
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
running law giving
The best advice that I can give you is this: Church-traditions- especially when they do not run counter to the faith- are to be observed in the form in which previous generations have handed them down... The traditions which have been handed down should be regarded as apostolic laws.
food want bread
He is rich enough who does not want bread.
purses hiding stores
Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
daughter grieving egypt
Who would have believed that the daughters of that mighty city would one day be wandering as servants and slaves on the shores of Egypt and Africa, or that Bethlehem would daily receive noble Romans, distinguished ladies, brought up in wealth and now reduced to beggary? I cannot help them all, but I grieve and weep with them, and am completely absorbed in the duties which charity imposes on me. I have put aside my commentary on Ezekiel and almost all study. For today we must translate the precepts of the Scriptures into deeds; instead of speaking saintly words, we must act them.
world necks obstinacy
The Roman world is in collapse but we do not bend our neck.
heaven earth piety
Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
heaven earth piety
Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
food fasting dieting
When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
love affection true-love
Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.