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Letter 65

Jerome · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series · Vol. 6

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To Principia

A commentary on Ps. XLV. addressed to Marcella’s friend and companion Principia (see Letter CXXVII.). Jerome prefaces what he has to say by a defence of his practice of writing for women, a practice which had exposed him to many foolish sneers. He deals with the same subject in his dedication of the Commentary of Sophronius. The date of the letter is 397 A.D.

Edition Record

Translator
Translated by W.H. Fremantle, G. Lewis and W.G. Martley.
Series
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series
Volume
Vol. 6.
Editor
Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace.
Publisher
Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co.,
Year
1893.