Also, the reason why the earlier Latin translations were so defective is that they weren't official at all. They had been produced mostly in North Africa by anyone who wanted to make a translation. Bible scholars call it the Vetus Latina. The first place that the church operated in Latin was North Africa. The Roman church was found mainly among a Greek speaking minority at the time the Vetus Latina was translated.
Jerome did present Pope Damasus wiith the New Testament translation. The Old Testament translation was not completed until many years later.
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Also, the reason why the earlier Latin translations were so defective is that they weren't official at all. They had been produced mostly in North Africa by anyone who wanted to make a translation. Bible scholars call it the Vetus Latina. The first place that the church operated in Latin was North Africa. The Roman church was found mainly among a Greek speaking minority at the time the Vetus Latina was translated.