Clementine Vulgate VUL

Catholic
Old Testament source: Latin Vulgate
New Testament source: Latin Vulgate
Catholic (73 books)
Original language
1598
Public domain

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At a glance

Language: Latin
Tradition: Catholic — The official Latin Bible of the Catholic Church from 1592 until the Nova Vulgata (1979).
Church approval: Yes — Promulgated by Pope Clement VIII (1592).
Old Testament source: Latin Vulgate — Jerome's Latin (mostly from Hebrew; Psalter Gallican from the Greek).
New Testament source: Latin Vulgate — Latin.
Canon: Catholic (73 books) — Tobias, Judith, Sapientia, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, 1-2 Macchabaeorum
Style: Original language
Year: Promulgated 1592 (Clement VIII); eBible: 'Clementine Vulgate of 1598 with Glossa Ordinaria, Migne 1880'.
Translators: St Jerome (and Old Latin); papal commissions
Reading level: Ecclesiastical Latin.
Verse numbering: Latin Vulgate
Licence: Public domain
Text source: eBible.org (latVUC)

Notes

Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering.

About

The official Latin Bible of the Catholic Church from 1592 to 1979, based on St Jerome's translation. Public domain.

Strengths

Church-approved
Shared Western patristic text

Things to know

eBible lists only 7 deuterocanonical books (appendix missing)
The 'Glossa' description of the eBible file is unclear

Not yet verified

Whether the eBible file actually contains Glossa Ordinaria material: SOURCE NOT VERIFIED (CrossWire VulgClementine, from the 1946 BAC edition, may be cleaner)

Profile checked 2026-10-17.

Books in this edition (73 books)

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Tobit O C (P), Judith O C (P), Esther, 1 Maccabees O C (P), 2 Maccabees O C (P), Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon O C (P), Sirach O C (P), Hosea, Amos, Micah, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Baruch O C (P), Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation

Not in this edition: 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras (4 Ezra), Prayer of Manasseh, Psalm 151, Odes

Letters show which canons include a book: O Orthodox, C Catholic, P Protestant (in brackets: printed as Apocrypha or in an appendix).

Publisher's statement

Bibbia Vulgata Clementina na 1598
Clementine Vulgate of 1598 with Glossa Ordinaria Migne edition 1880 in Latin
Public Domain
Language: Latine (Latin)
Translation by: Jerome
2014-08-23

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