Jerome, Illustrious Men 43
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Context
Among his many works, St. Jerome wrote a catalog of renowned thinkers
of the Roman world during the first years after his move from Rome to Bethlehem. In
mostly brief sketches he describes the intellectual achievements, particularly writings,
of 135 men, many leaders in the early Church. He portrays five figures from Caesarea
Maritima, including in this passage on Theophilus, who lived during the late 2nd
century.
Text
Theophilus, Caesareae Palaestinae, quae olim
Turris Stratonis vocabatur, episcopus, sub Severo principe
adversum eos qui quarta decima luna cum ludeis pascha faciebant, cum ceteris episcopis
synodicam et valde utilem composuit epistulam.1
Textual Note
Ed. Bernoulli 1895Translation
Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine,
formerly called Strato’s Tower, during the reign of the emperor
Severus, in conjunction with the other bishops, wrote a very helpful synodical letter
Against Those Who Celebrate Passover with the Jews on the Fourteenth Day of
the Full Moon.2
Translation Note
Adapted from Schaff 1892 and Halton 1999Works Cited
- 1 Jerome, Hieronymus und Gennadius: De viris inlustribus, ed. Carl Albrecht Bernoulli, repr. Frankfurt: Minerva, 1968, Sammlung ausgewählter kirchen- und dogmengeschichtlicher Quellenschriften 11 (Freiburg & Leipzig: J. C. B. Mohr and P. Siebeck, 1895), section: 43.
- 2 Jerome, Lives of Illustrious Men, in Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius and Rufinus: Historical Writings, ed. Henry Wace and Philip Schaff, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers. 2nd Series 3 (New York: Christian Literature Publishing, 1892), 359–84, p: 372.
Additional Bibliography
- Jerome, Saint Jerome: On Illustrious Men, trans. Thomas P. Halton, The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1999), p: 68.
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Joseph L. Rife, “Jerome, Illustrious Men 43,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/141.
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