Saint Jerome Quotes
Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.
Jerome. Against Jovinianus, Book I. The Principal Works of St. Jerome, translated by W. H. Fremantle, G. Lewis, and W. G. Martley, Christian Literature Company, 1893, p. 347.
In the programs she is describing, young people make virginity pledges. However when research is done on these programs, it turns out that about half of the youngsters that take the virginity pledges engage in sex within the next 5 years—the same percentage of young people who do not take any pledges or participate in programs to delay premarital sex. However, taking a counterculture approach for what 50 years ago was the mainstream culture shows the extensive cultural change that America has made.
Jerome (c. 342–347 – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (the translation that became known as the Vulgate) and his commentaries on the whole Bible. Jerome attempted to create a translation of the Old Testament based on a Hebrew version, rather than the Septuagint, as prior Latin Bible translations used. His list of writings is extensive. In addition to his biblical works, he wrote polemical and historical essays, always from a theologian's perspective.
