How Saints Argue: The Letters between Saint Augustine of Hippo and Saint Jerome

The Letters of Saint Augustine and Saint Jerome, starting from the late 300s, give us amazing insight into the continued correspondence of people of this era. It shows us the debates over scripture scholarship and theology, but most of it shows us how holy people speak to each other, how they disagree while giving their life to the pursuit of giving God all honour and glory possible. The meeting of the minds of two Great Early Church fathers is a true beauty Saint Augustine, an African baptised in AD 387 (With his son), was ordained a Priest in AD 391 and by AD 395 a coadjutor bishop. Entroned at the African see of Hippo in AD 397. Died in his see, AD 430 Saint Jerome was born in Dalmatia and died in AD 420 in the birthplace of our Lord, Bethlehem. He was tasked by the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, to translate the Bible into Latin, which became the Vulgate Bible, the latin bible that has been the standard from his time till now.