Jerome – Letter 31
| Document: | Letter 31 |
| Incipit: | Parua spe{cie}, sed caritate magna |
| Addressee: | Eustochium |
| Date: | 384 (Fremantle p. 45) |
| Earliest ms.: | Karlsruhe, Germany: Badische Landesbibliothek, Aug.Perg.CXCVII, between folios 156-169. 9th century. (Lambert, I: p. 502) |
| Latin Text: | CSEL 54, pp. 249-251 |
| English Translation: | Fremantle, p. 45, Rebenich, pp. 79-80. |
| Notes: | Jerome writes to thank Eustochium for some presents sent to him by her on the festival of St. Peter. He also moralizes on the mystical meaning of the articles sent. The letter should be compared with Letter 44., of which the theme is similar. Written at Rome in 384 on St. Peter’s Day. |
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