Today, we celebrate the feast of St. Jerome, one of the greatest Doctors of the Church and the brilliant mind behind the Latin Vulgate, the official translation of the Bible used for over a thousand years. Born in the 4th century, Jerome was a scholar, ascetic, and passionate defender of the faith. His sharp intellect and tireless devotion to Scripture earned him the title “Father of Biblical Studies.” What made Jerome so influential was not only his immense learning, but his conviction that lov