{"product_id":"saint-jerome-the-early-years","title":"Saint Jerome: The Early Years","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Paul Monceaux\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaint Jerome \u003c\/b\u003ewas a born writer, individual, fresh, sparkling with verve and (at \u003c\/span\u003etimes) vitriol; a great scholar, accomplished in languages, exegesis, and hist­ory; and, above all, an ingenious translator, whose Vulgate is the Church’s official Latin Bible. Despite the longstanding fame of his literary and spiritual legacies, however, the saint’s historical life has not always received equal care. In this equally instructive and entertaining study, Paul Monceaux balances the biographical account of Saint Jerome’s youthful years, presenting his first thirty years of life and covering his education and early scholarly success; Rome; his youthful indiscretions and escapades; ; his conversion and baptism; his travels and initial forays into the ascetical life; and his hermetic life in the Syrian desert, short-lived but still steeped in suffering and spiritually transformative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eTranslated by F. J. Sheed and first published in 1933, \u003ci\u003eSaint Jerome: The Early Years \u003c\/i\u003eis a historically detailed and vividly rendered portrait of that lion of Christianity in his spirited youth—and one certain to spark further interest into the man who set his tremendous talents at the feet of the Divine Judge.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerome was not to be an original thinker, nor a philosopher, nor a theologian; but a scholar, a controversialist, a man of letters. Grace did the rest. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Paul Monceaux)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eI fear not the judgment of men; I shall have God for judge. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(St. Jerome)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Monceaux \u003c\/b\u003e(1859–1941) was a French author and scholar of history and lin­guistics, with a specialty in the Latin Christianity of Africa.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eF. J. Sheed \u003c\/b\u003e(1897–1981) was one of the most important Christian intellectuals of the twentieth century and founder—with his wife, Maisie Ward—of Sheed \u0026amp; Ward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953492\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100041044335,"sku":"978-1685953492","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product216.jpg?v=1781124934","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/saint-jerome-the-early-years","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}