The Vulgate is a late fourth-century Latin translation of the Bible that became, during the 16th century, the Catholic Churchs officially promulgated Latin version of the Bible. The translation was largely the work of St. Jerome, who, in 382, was commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Vetus Latina (Old Latin) collection of Biblical texts in Latin then in use by the Church. Once published, it was widely adopted, eventually eclipsed the Vetus Latina and, by the 13th century, was known as the versio vulgata[1] (the version commonly-used) or, more simply, as the vulgata (Vulgate). It was made the Catholic Churchs official Latin Bible as a consequence of the Council of Trent (1545–63), when, in the face of the Protestant Reformation, it became evident that an authoritative reference for scripture was needed.
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