Q. 1. What is the Latin Vulgate Bible?

A. 1. The "Latin Vulgate" or "Vulgate" as it is known, is the Latin translation of the Bible that was done by Saint Jerome in the late fourth century A.D. This translation is the most commonly used and it was declared as the official Latin translation of the Roman Catholic Church during the past centuries.

What is notable about the Vulgate is that it was translated from the Hebrew Scriptures into Latin from the original Hebrew. Other Bibles were translated from Hebrew to Greek and then to Latin.

Because of the accuracy of these translation, especially for those who were not familiar with foreign languages, during the past century, they used the Vulgate as their source for translation into modern languages.

Nowadays, modern translations are done directly from the original Hebrew and Greek texts instead of the Vulgate. Such is how things have changed over the centuries.