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Jerome on Haggai 1 and Sola Scriptura
In the following, please consider how Jerome contrasts arguments from Scripture with arguments from alleged Apostolic tradition. Jerome on Haggai, Chapter 1, vss. 11-12: (Verse 11.) And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the wheat, and upon the wine, and upon the oil, and upon whatever the…
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Jerome on Galatians 4:4-5
St. Jerome, Commentary on Galatians, Fathers of the Church Series, transl. Andrew Cain, (pp. 156-157), at Galatians 4:4-5 4-4-5. But when the fullness of time came, God sent his Son, made of a woman and put under the Law to redeem those under the Law, so that we might receive the full rights of [adopted]…
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Epiphanius didn't Fall for the Collyridian Teaching of the Bodily Assumption
Assumptionist argument: Epiphanius claims May was bodily assumed, because he compares her to Elijah, based on Panarion 79. This, they assert, shows that Epiphanius changed his mind between Panarion 78 and Panarion 79, even though the two are chapters of the same tome of the same book. We respond (as explained in the video linked…
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Response to Jerome's Response to Helvidius – Part 24
Jerome wrote a response to Helvidius regarding the virginity of Mary. This post is the twenty-fourth (and final!) in a series of responses to what Jerome wrote. Jerome wrote: I have become rhetorical, and have disported myself a little like a platform orator. You compelled me, Helvidius; for, brightly as the Gospel shines at the present day,…
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Response to Jerome's Response to Helvidius – Part 23
Jerome wrote a response to Helvidius regarding the virginity of Mary. This post is the twenty-third in a series of responses to what Jerome wrote. Jerome wrote: I do not deny that holy women are found both among widows and those who have husbands; but they are such as have ceased to be wives, or such as,…
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Response to Jerome's Response to Helvidius – Part 22
Jerome wrote a response to Helvidius regarding the virginity of Mary. This post is the twenty-second in a series of responses to what Jerome wrote. Jerome wrote: And now that I am about to institute a comparison between virginity and marriage, I beseech my readers not to suppose that in praising virginity I have in the least…
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Response to Jerome's Response to Helvidius – Part 21
Jerome wrote a response to Helvidius regarding the virginity of Mary. This post is the twenty-first in a series of responses to what Jerome wrote. Jerome wrote: But as we do not deny what is written, so we do reject what is not written. We believe that God was born of the Virgin, because we read it.…
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Response to Jerome's Response to Helvidius – Part 20
Jerome wrote a response to Helvidius regarding the virginity of Mary. This post is the twentieth in a series of responses to what Jerome wrote. Jerome wrote: I now direct the attack against the passage in which, wishing to show your cleverness, you institute a comparison between virginity and marriage. I could not forbear smiling, and I…
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Response to Jerome's Response to Helvidius – Part 19
Jerome wrote a response to Helvidius regarding the virginity of Mary. This post is the nineteenth in a series of responses to what Jerome wrote. Jerome wrote: Now that I have cleared the rocks and shoals I must spread sail and make all speed to reach his epilogue. Feeling himself to be a smatterer, he there produces…