Joshua Charles, of Eternal Christendom, has produced a masterful podcast of just under seventeen minutes on Saint Jerome’s adherence to the authority of the papacy (see below). This Father of the Church undoubtedly professed faith in the Petrine office that continued in the “chair of Peter” occupied by the successive Bishops of Rome as part of the divine institution of the true Christian Church:
In this Papal Snapshot, we dive into St. Jerome’s incredibly Catholic view of the papacy and the authority of the Pope as outlined in his Letter 15 to St. Pope Damasus. St. Jerome was a Church Father who lived from c. 342-420, and is widely considered one of the greatest Scripture scholars of the ancient Church. –From the YouTube blurb on the video.
To learn more about this Father of the Church, here are some selections from this site:
- Saint Jerome (420) — short saint of the day feature
- Saint Jerome, Doctor of Biblical Studies — must read feature article by Brother Francis. M.I.C.M.
- What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for Saint Jerome — translation and commentary on the traditional Latin Mass and Office oration for the saint’s feast day
- Saint Jerome vs Protestantism — a brief intro to a linked apologetics article on the saint
