- Sixteenth Century Bibles and Biblical History From 1500-1599
1506 Jacobus Sacon of Lyons, France prints his first edition of the Latin Bible 1512 Epistles and Gospels published in Spanish by Ambrose de Montesian
- The Earliest Printed Bibles – Bibliographia Bibliorum Latinorum
When Johannes Gutenberg finished printing his magnificent Biblia Latina around 1454 or 1455, he created not only the first substantial printed book in the Western world, but also inaugurated an irrevocable transformation in the way Scripture would henceforth be encountered, preserved, and shared
- Vulgate - Wikipedia
It is largely the work of Saint Jerome who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Vetus Latina Gospels used by the Roman Church Later, of his own initiative, Jerome extended this work of revision and translation to include most of the books of the Bible
- Latin Vulgate (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)
Attempts to produce a corrected text by aid of the original were made by Erasmus in 1516, Pagninus in 1518, Cardinal Cajetan, Steuchius in 1529, Clarius in 1542, etc Even new translations were made by both Roman Catholic and Protestant scholars
- Topical Bible: The Vulgate
The Council of Trent (1545-1563) affirmed the Vulgate as the authoritative Latin text of the Bible, leading to the publication of the Clementine Vulgate in 1592, which standardized the text for liturgical use
- Description, Definition, Bible, History, Facts - Britannica
Vulgate, Latin Bible used by the Roman Catholic Church, primarily translated by St Jerome In 1546 the Council of Trent decreed that the Vulgate was the exclusive Latin authority for the Bible Learn more about the history of the Vulgate Bible with this article
- The Worms Bible – the first complete protestant Bible of 1529
The most important and most famous Worms printer Peter Schöffer wanted to publish a complete Bible and he did this in 1529, by combining parts of the Luther and Zurich Bible in such a way that it was complete
- Vetus Latina - Wikipedia
The Vetus Latina translations continued to be used alongside the Vulgate, but eventually the Vulgate became the standard Latin Bible used by the Catholic Church, especially after the Council of Trent (1545–1563) affirmed the Vulgate translation as authoritative for the text of Catholic Bibles
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