Jerome (347-420) from his commentary on Colossians: Here we are taught, that the lay-people ought to have the word of God, not only sufficiently, but also with abundance, and to teach and counsel others. John Jewel, Works, The Second Portion, the Reply to Harding´s Answer (Cambridge: The Parker Society, 1848), p. 685.
Latin text: Hic ostenditur verbum Christi non sufficienter, sed abundanter etiam laicos habere debere: et docere se invicem, vel monere. Jacques Paul Migne, Patrologiae Latinae, In Epistolam Ad Colossenses, Caput III, 30:859 (Paris: J.-P. Migne, 1857-87).
Jerome (347-420): Let us read Sacred Scripture, and day and night let us ponder over its every syllable, every letter; let us analyze and discuss it. FC, Vol. 48, The Homilies of St. Jerome: Vol. 1, On the Psalms, Homily 44 (Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1964), pp. 330-331.
Jerome (347-420): Scripture speaks in terms of our human frailty that we may the more easily understand. FC, Vol. 57, The Homilies of St. Jerome: Vol. 2, Homily 65 (Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1966), p. 57.
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Latin text: Hic ostenditur verbum Christi non sufficienter, sed abundanter etiam laicos habere debere: et docere se invicem, vel monere. Jacques Paul Migne, Patrologiae Latinae, In Epistolam Ad Colossenses, Caput III, 30:859 (Paris: J.-P. Migne, 1857-87).
Jerome (347-420): Let us read Sacred Scripture, and day and night let us ponder over its every syllable, every letter; let us analyze and discuss it. FC, Vol. 48, The Homilies of St. Jerome: Vol. 1, On the Psalms, Homily 44 (Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1964), pp. 330-331.
Jerome (347-420): Scripture speaks in terms of our human frailty that we may the more easily understand. FC, Vol. 57, The Homilies of St. Jerome: Vol. 2, Homily 65 (Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1966), p. 57.
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