¿Qué es la Vulgata? La Biblia en latín que marcó la historia de la Iglesia

The Vulgata is a Latin version of the Bible primarily produced by Saint Jerome, a priest and scholar. According to the Vatican, the text was used by the Church for centuries and served to transmit biblical messages to many communities using the Latin language.

In 382, after returning to Rome, Jerome worked with Pope Damasus I, who commissioned him to revise the Latin translations that were circulating at that time. In his letter Scripturae Sacrae Affectus, Pope Francis notes that Jerome later translated books from Hebrew.

The importance of this version is recognized in the Second Vatican Council document Dei Verbum, which states that the Church honors various ancient translations, specifically the Vulgata, while working to ensure Christians have access to faithful versions of the Scriptures in different languages.