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Jerome (c. 347–419/20), one of the West’s four doctors of the church, was recognized early on as one of the church’s foremost translators, commentators, and advocates of Christian asceticism. Skilled in Hebrew and Greek in addition to his native Latin, he was thoroughly familiar with Jewish traditions and brought this expertise to bear on his understanding of the Old Testament. Beginning in 379,...

account of the sins that they committed, they had offended the Holy Trinity. But this is the day of retribution for all transgressions, of which all the prophets write, and most especially Isaiah cries out: “Behold, the incurable day of the Lord comes, [a day] of fury and wrath, to make the whole world a desert and to destroy sinners from it.”101 This day is rightly named “incurable,” for when the Day of Judgment comes, there will not be opportunity for repentance, and in relation to eternity it
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