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During his pontificate, Christianity was declared the official religion of the Roman state, and Latin became the principal liturgical language as part of the pope’s reforms. His encouragement of Saint Jerome’s biblical studies led to the Vulgate, the Latin translation of Scripture which 12 centuries later the Council of Trent declared to be “authentic in public readings, disputations, preaching.”

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𝘖 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘉𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴. 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.