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It is my understanding that the Book of Esdras, Fourth Ezra, and Third Maccabees were in the original Latin Vulgate. Does anyone know why and in what context?
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NotWorthy
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If I remember correctly, they were in the (Greek) Septuagint, but not the Latin Vulgate. The Septuagint was never recognized as a closed Canon, though. It was compiled around 250BC in Alexandria, Egypt.
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NotWorthy
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Oops! My bad. III and IV Esdras were in the Latin Vulgate. I’m trying to find out more information, but it’s late and I’m tired.
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Kurt_G
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Confusing, this is…Oops! My bad. III and IV Esdras were in the Latin Vulgate. I’m trying to find out more information, but it’s late and I’m tired.
My “Early Church Fathers” by Harmony Media shows for Jerome’s Latin Vulgate only 1 and 2 Esdras. Maybe 3 and 4 Esdras are included by Jerome under other names?
HOWEVER, in Jerome’s Letter “Against Vigilantius” he *does *reference some apocryphal works claimed to be from Esdras, which Jerome says are not recognized by the Church:
“… and you bring before me an apocryphal book, which under the name of Esdras, is read by you and those of your feather, and in this book it is written that after death no one dares pray for others. I have never read the book: for what need is there to take up what the Church does not receive?”
But I’ll bet this Esdras is not what we’re all discussing, because the subject matter would be as offensive to present day Orthodox as it was to Jerome!
It just goes to show how interestingly complicated this can all get!
GOD BLESS US ALL!
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