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Re: The last enemy

From:Ph. D. <phil@...>
Date:Thursday, July 26, 2007, 20:43
Mark J. Reed scripsit:
> > . . . If you'd been reading the thread you would see > that I sent the Greek version to the list already, along > with Jerome's Vulgar Latin translation of it.
I believe Jerome's Vulgate is written in Classical Latin, not Vulgar Latin. It's called the Vulgate because it's the "public" or "people's" version, not that it's written in the common spoken language of the public. Both words derive from "vulgus": the people or the public. --Ph. D.