{"id":34802,"date":"2017-09-30T07:52:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T11:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=34802"},"modified":"2017-09-30T07:52:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T11:52:26","slug":"st-jerome-priest-and-doctor-of-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2017\/09\/st-jerome-priest-and-doctor-of-the-church\/","title":{"rendered":"St Jerome, priest and Doctor of the Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>St. Jerome was one of those guys who was hard to like and to get to know. I think he was\u00a0irascible<\/em> but was serious about his seeking God and had personal holiness. But that was in the fourth century and people had a different way of interpersonal relationships. It is clear from his biographers, Jerome was graced by great talent: priest, biblical scholar, well-travelled, secretary to a Roman Pontiff, ascetic, monastic founder, translator of the Bible and ecclesial writers and an apologist. Of particular note,\u00a0Jerome was involved the\u00a0theological controversies of his\u00a0time: Arianism, the virginity of Mary, and the teachings of Origen.<\/p>\n

Jerome\u00a0studied and was baptized in Rome, then returned to his native Aquileia where he lived the\u00a0ascetic life. He attended the lectures of Apollinarius and decided to live as a hermit in the Syrian desert around 374. He learned Hebrew, returned to Antioch and was ordained priest.<\/p>\n

Jerome\u00a0spent time in Constantinople before returning\u00a0to Rome to become the secretary to Pope Damasus. Following\u00a0the Pope\u2019s death, went to\u00a0Egypt, Palestine, and Antioch settling in Bethlehem. There he founded a new men\u2019s monastery, and continued his scholar work.<\/p>\n

Jerome is a good example of letting the Light shine brightly for the service of the Proclamation of the Gospel. In what ways does St. Jerome inspire you to be of service to Jesus Christ and the Church?<\/p>\n

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  St. Jerome was one of those guys who was hard to like and to get to know. I think he was\u00a0irascible but was serious about his seeking God and had personal holiness. But that was in the fourth century and people had a different way of interpersonal relationships. It is clear from his biographers, … Continue reading St Jerome, priest and Doctor of the Church<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2198],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34802"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34804,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34802\/revisions\/34804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}