We just learned about the The Great Persecution - Persia.
Another part of early Christianity was the Latin Vulgate Bible, made in 382 AD by Saint Jerome.
The original writings in the Bible from the Old Testament to the New Testament were in all different languages.
Some of the books were in the languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
So if someone wanted to read the whole Bible they had to know how to speak three different languages!
Some people had translated a few parts of the Bible into Latin, which was the most commonly spoken language in the Roman empire.
A man named Jerome was given the job of putting together one whole copy of the Bible in Latin, and trying to make it as perfect as possible with no mistakes.
Jerome did such a good job that he is called Saint Jerome, and the Bible that he made called the Vulgate became the most trusted Bible anywhere.
Even today some churches use the Latin Vulgate version for some of their church services in Latin.
(from: wikipedia - vulgate)
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