Audio Bible Vulgate in Latin

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About this app

The Bible translations into Latin are the versions used in the Western part of the former Roman Empire until the Reformation and still used, along with translations from Latin into the vernacular, in the Roman Catholic Church. Latin Vulgate.

The Vulgate is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible that became the Catholic Church's officially promulgated Latin version of the Bible during the 16th century. The translation was largely the work of Jerome, who in 382 had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Vetus Latina ("Old Latin") Gospels then in use by the Roman Church. Jerome, on his own initiative, extended this work of revision and translation to include most of the Books of the Bible, and once published, the new version was widely adopted and eventually eclipsed the Vetus Latina; so that by the 13th century, it had taken over from the former version the appellation of versio vulgata (the "version commonly used") or vulgata for short.

The Catholic Church affirmed the Vulgate as its official Latin Bible at the Council of Trent (1545–63), though there was no authoritative edition at that time. The Clementine edition of the Vulgate of 1592 became the standard Bible text of the Roman Rite of the Roman Catholic Church and remained so until 1979 when the Nova Vulgata was promulgated.

Ratings and reviews

As another reviewer says, the pronunciation is very inconsistent- seeming to switch between classical Latin, church Latin, and pseudo-Spanish- which isn't very good if you are using it as a pronunciation and memorization aid. I also found it very fast, which might be OK for some things, but if the playback speed is adjustable, it is certainly not clear how.

I learned ecclesiastical Latin in highschool. This reading isn't the Ecclesiastical Latin I learned, which is akin to standard Italian pronunciation of Latin. This i believe is Spanish pronunciation which I believe is fine if you know Spanish. I have downloaded this version and listen to it without much difficulty. I would like to get one in ecclesiastical and/or classical Latin.

Awful! Pronunced with Spanish pronunciatiom sometimes, church Latim other times, barbar otherimes...all in the same sentence. Unelievable!! Downloaded. Deleted 2min later after writing this feedbaxk.

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Added "Psalm of the day". This update brings small improvements and bug fixes. Thank you for your positive feedback and reviews. Have a nice day! Listen audio bible!