... style as well as the breadth of his research into scriptural interpretation. Yet beyond his well-documented understanding of religious writings and in direct contradiction to Jerome's own anti-Ciceronian vision, Jerome demonstrated an appreciation, familiarity, and skill with secular literature; some critics have claimed that he deserves the title of the "Christian Cicero" for the clarity and realism of his ... ...

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