Jerome observed the violent disintegration of Greco-Roman civilization. ... In 382 Jerome returned to Rome, where his reputation as a Biblical scholar grew, and where, observing the last, decadent stages of the Roman Empire, Jerome reaffirmed his commitment to monasticism and asceticism. Some biographers of Jerome have claimed that he assisted Pope Damasus, and that, in the Roman hierarchy, he was to have directly succeeded him. ... Critical Reception Jerome's work in translation and interpretation was well recognized during his lifetime, so much so that his Latin translation of the Bible...

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