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	[[Image:Old latin gospel.jpg\|thumb\|right\|A page of the [[Codex Vercellensis]], an example of the ''Vetus Latina''. This section contains the [[Gospel of John]], 16:23-30.]]		[[Image:Old latin gospel.jpg\|thumb\|right\|A page of the [[Codex Vercellensis]], an example of the ''Vetus Latina''. This section contains the [[Gospel of John]], 16:23-30.]]
	'''''Vetus Latina''''' is a collective name given to the [[Bible\|Biblical]] texts in [[Latin]] that were [[Bible translations\|translated]] before St [[Jerome]]'s [[Vulgate]] Bible (382-405 AD) became the standard Bible for Latin-speaking Western [[Christianity\|Christians]]. The phrase ''Vetus Latina'' is Latin for '''''Old Latin''''', and the Vetus Latina is sometimes known as the '''Old Latin Bible'''.<~~ref name="plater"~~>~~W.E. Plater and H.J. White, ''A Grammar of the Vulgate'', Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1926, paragraph 4~~</~~ref~~> It was, however, written in [[Classical Latin]], not the early version of the Latin language known as [[Old Latin]].		'''''Vetus Latina''''' is a collective name given to the [[Bible\|Biblical]] texts in [[Latin]] that were [[Bible translations\|translated]] before St [[Jerome]]'s [[Vulgate]] Bible (382-405 AD) became the standard Bible for Latin-speaking Western [[Christianity\|Christians]]. The phrase ''Vetus Latina'' is Latin for '''''Old Latin''''', and the Vetus Latina is sometimes known as the '''Old Latin Bible'''.<sup>[]</sup> It was, however, written in [[Classical Latin]], not the early version of the Latin language known as [[Old Latin]].

	==Text==		==Text==
	There was no single "Vetus Latina" Bible; there are, instead, a collection of Biblical [[manuscript]] texts that bear witness to Latin translations of Biblical passages that preceded Jerome's.<~~ref name="plater"~~/> After comparing readings for [[Gospel of Luke\|Luke]] 24:4-5 in Vetus Latina manuscripts, [[Bruce Metzger]] counted "no fewer than 27 variant readings!" To these witnesses of previous translations, many scholars frequently add quotations of Biblical passages that appear in the works of the Latin Fathers, some of which share readings with certain groups of manuscripts. As such, many of the Vetus Latina "versions" were generally not promulgated in their own right as translations of the Bible to be used in the whole Church; rather, many of the texts that form part of the Vetus Latina were prepared on an ''ad hoc'' basis for the local use of Christian communities, to illuminate another Christian discourse or [[sermon]], or as the Latin half of a [[diglot]] manuscript (e.g. [[Codex Bezae]]). There are some Old Latin texts that seem to have aspired to greater stature or currency; several manuscripts of Old Latin [[Gospel]]s exist, containing the four canonical Gospels; the several manuscripts that contain them differ substantially from one another. Other Biblical passages, however, are extant only in excerpts or fragments.		There was no single "Vetus Latina" Bible; there are, instead, a collection of Biblical [[manuscript]] texts that bear witness to Latin translations of Biblical passages that preceded Jerome's.<sup>[]</sup> After comparing readings for [[Gospel of Luke\|Luke]] 24:4-5 in Vetus Latina manuscripts, [[Bruce Metzger]] counted "no fewer than 27 variant readings!" To these witnesses of previous translations, many scholars frequently add quotations of Biblical passages that appear in the works of the Latin Fathers, some of which share readings with certain groups of manuscripts. As such, many of the Vetus Latina "versions" were generally not promulgated in their own right as translations of the Bible to be used in the whole Church; rather, many of the texts that form part of the Vetus Latina were prepared on an ''ad hoc'' basis for the local use of Christian communities, to illuminate another Christian discourse or [[sermon]], or as the Latin half of a [[diglot]] manuscript (e.g. [[Codex Bezae]]). There are some Old Latin texts that seem to have aspired to greater stature or currency; several manuscripts of Old Latin [[Gospel]]s exist, containing the four canonical Gospels; the several manuscripts that contain them differ substantially from one another. Other Biblical passages, however, are extant only in excerpts or fragments.
	{{BibleRelated}}		{{BibleRelated}}
	The language of the Old Latin translations is uneven in quality, as [[Augustine of Hippo]] lamented in ''De Doctrina Christiana'' (2, 16). Grammatical [[solecism]]s abound; some reproduce literally [[Greek language\|Greek]] or [[Hebrew language\|Hebrew]] idioms as they appear in the [[Septuagint]]. Likewise, the various Old Latin translations reflect the various versions of the Septuagint circulating, with the African manuscripts (such as the [[Codex Bobiensis]]) preserving readings of the [[Western text-type]], while readings in the European manuscripts are closer to the [[Byzantine text-type]]. Many grammatical idiosyncrasies come from the use of [[Vulgar Latin]] grammatical forms in the text.		The language of the Old Latin translations is uneven in quality, as [[Augustine of Hippo]] lamented in ''De Doctrina Christiana'' (2, 16). Grammatical [[solecism]]s abound; some reproduce literally [[Greek language\|Greek]] or [[Hebrew language\|Hebrew]] idioms as they appear in the [[Septuagint]]. Likewise, the various Old Latin translations reflect the various versions of the Septuagint circulating, with the African manuscripts (such as the [[Codex Bobiensis]]) preserving readings of the [[Western text-type]], while readings in the European manuscripts are closer to the [[Byzantine text-type]]. Many grammatical idiosyncrasies come from the use of [[Vulgar Latin]] grammatical forms in the text.
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	! Vetus Latina<~~ref~~>~~Text taken from~~ [~~http://www-user.uni-bremen.de/~wie/Rennes/ ''Codex Bezae and the Da Vinci Code''~~]~~, A textcritical look at the Rennes-le-Chateau hoax, Wieland Willker, 2005~~</~~ref~~>		! Vetus Latina<sup>[]</sup>
	! Latin Vulgate<~~ref~~>~~I Wordsworth, H.I. White, H.F.D. Sparks, ''Novum Testamentum Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Latine secundum editione S. Hieronymi'', Oxonii 1889-1954~~</~~ref~~><~~ref~~>Stuttgart Vulgate, ''Biblia Sacra iuxta Vulgatam versionem'', adiuvantibus Bonifatio Fischer OSB, Iohanne Gribomont OSB, H.F.D. Sparks, W. Thiele, recensuit et brevi apparatu instruxit Robertus Weber OSB, editio tertia emendata quam paravit Bonifatius Fischer OSB cum sociis H.I. Frede, Iohanne Gribomont OSB, H.F.D. Sparks, W. Thiele, 1983</~~ref~~><~~ref~~>~~Punctuation taken from ''Biblia sacra Vulgatae editionis'', Michael Hetzenauer, 1922~~</~~ref~~>		! Latin Vulgate<sup>[]</sup><sup>[]</sup><sup>[]</sup>
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	! Latin Vulgate<~~ref~~>Nestle-Aland, ''Novum Testamentum Latine'', Novam Vulgatam Bibliorum Sacrorum Editionem secuti apparatibus titulisque additis ediderunt Kurt Aland et Barbara Aland una cum Instituo studiorum textus Novi Testamenti Monasteriensi (Westphalia), Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1884-1998, Lc 2,14, citing Wordsworth, ''supra'', and Stuttgart, ''supra''</~~ref~~>		! Latin Vulgate<sup>[]</sup>
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	\|[[Gloria in excelsis Deo]], et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis		\|[[Gloria in excelsis Deo]], et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis

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	'''''Vetus Latina''''' is a collective name given to the [[Bible\|Biblical]] texts in [[Latin]] that were [[Bible translations\|translated]] before St [[Jerome]]'s [[Vulgate]] Bible (382-405 AD) became the standard Bible for Latin-speaking Western [[Christianity\|Christians]]. The phrase ''Vetus Latina'' is Latin for '''''Old Latin''''', and the Vetus Latina is sometimes known as the '''Old Latin Bible'''.<ref name="plater">W.E. Plater and H.J. White, ''A Grammar of the Vulgate'', Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1926, paragraph 4</ref> It was, however, written in [[Classical Latin]], not the early version of the Latin language known as [[Old Latin]].		'''''Vetus Latina''''' is a collective name given to the [[Bible\|Biblical]] texts in [[Latin]] that were [[Bible translations\|translated]] before St [[Jerome]]'s [[Vulgate]] Bible (382-405 AD) became the standard Bible for Latin-speaking Western [[Christianity\|Christians]]. The phrase ''Vetus Latina'' is Latin for '''''Old Latin''''', and the Vetus Latina is sometimes known as the '''Old Latin Bible'''.<ref name="plater">W.E. Plater and H.J. White, ''A Grammar of the Vulgate'', Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1926, paragraph 4</ref> It was, however, written in [[Classical Latin]], not the early version of the Latin language known as [[Old Latin]].

	>==Text==		==Text==
	There was no single ~~"~~Vetus Latina~~"~~ Bible; there are, instead, a collection of Biblical [[manuscript]] texts that bear witness to Latin translations of Biblical passages that preceded Jerome's.~~<~~ref name=~~"~~plater~~"~~/~~>~~ After comparing readings for [[Gospel of Luke\|Luke]] 24:4-5 in Vetus Latina manuscripts, [[Bruce Metzger]] counted ~~"~~no fewer than 27 variant readings!~~"~~ To these witnesses of previous translations, many scholars frequently add quotations of Biblical passages that appear in the works of the Latin Fathers, some of which share readings with certain groups of manuscripts. As such, many of the Vetus Latina ~~"~~versions~~"~~ were generally not promulgated in their own right as translations of the Bible to be used in the whole Church; rather, many of the texts that form part of the Vetus Latina were prepared on an ''ad hoc'' basis for the local use of Christian communities, to illuminate another Christian discourse or [[sermon]], or as the Latin half of a [[diglot]] manuscript (e.g. [[Codex Bezae]]). There are some Old Latin texts that seem to have aspired to greater stature or currency; several manuscripts of Old Latin [[Gospel]]s exist, containing the four canonical Gospels; the several manuscripts that contain them differ substantially from one another. Other Biblical passages, however, are extant only in excerpts or fragments.		There was no single "Vetus Latina" Bible; there are, instead, a collection of Biblical [[manuscript]] texts that bear witness to Latin translations of Biblical passages that preceded Jerome's.<ref name="plater"/> After comparing readings for [[Gospel of Luke\|Luke]] 24:4-5 in Vetus Latina manuscripts, [[Bruce Metzger]] counted "no fewer than 27 variant readings!" To these witnesses of previous translations, many scholars frequently add quotations of Biblical passages that appear in the works of the Latin Fathers, some of which share readings with certain groups of manuscripts. As such, many of the Vetus Latina "versions" were generally not promulgated in their own right as translations of the Bible to be used in the whole Church; rather, many of the texts that form part of the Vetus Latina were prepared on an ''ad hoc'' basis for the local use of Christian communities, to illuminate another Christian discourse or [[sermon]], or as the Latin half of a [[diglot]] manuscript (e.g. [[Codex Bezae]]). There are some Old Latin texts that seem to have aspired to greater stature or currency; several manuscripts of Old Latin [[Gospel]]s exist, containing the four canonical Gospels; the several manuscripts that contain them differ substantially from one another. Other Biblical passages, however, are extant only in excerpts or fragments.
	{{BibleRelated}}		{{BibleRelated}}
	The language of the Old Latin translations is uneven in quality, as [[Augustine of Hippo]] lamented in ''De Doctrina Christiana'' (2, 16). Grammatical [[solecism]]s abound; some reproduce literally [[Greek language\|Greek]] or [[Hebrew language\|Hebrew]] idioms as they appear in the [[Septuagint]]. Likewise, the various Old Latin translations reflect the various versions of the Septuagint circulating, with the African manuscripts (such as the [[Codex Bobiensis]]) preserving readings of the [[Western text-type]], while readings in the European manuscripts are closer to the [[Byzantine text-type]]. Many grammatical idiosyncrasies come from the use of [[Vulgar Latin]] grammatical forms in the text.		The language of the Old Latin translations is uneven in quality, as [[Augustine of Hippo]] lamented in ''De Doctrina Christiana'' (2, 16). Grammatical [[solecism]]s abound; some reproduce literally [[Greek language\|Greek]] or [[Hebrew language\|Hebrew]] idioms as they appear in the [[Septuagint]]. Likewise, the various Old Latin translations reflect the various versions of the Septuagint circulating, with the African manuscripts (such as the [[Codex Bobiensis]]) preserving readings of the [[Western text-type]], while readings in the European manuscripts are closer to the [[Byzantine text-type]]. Many grammatical idiosyncrasies come from the use of [[Vulgar Latin]] grammatical forms in the text.

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	'''''Vetus Latina''''' is a collective name given to the [[Bible\|Biblical]] texts in [[Latin]] that were [[Bible translations\|translated]] before St [[Jerome]]'s [[Vulgate]] Bible (382-405 AD) became the standard Bible for Latin-speaking Western [[Christianity\|Christians]]. The phrase ''Vetus Latina'' is Latin for '''''Old Latin''''', and the Vetus Latina is sometimes known as the '''Old Latin Bible'''.<ref name="plater">W.E. Plater and H.J. White, ''A Grammar of the Vulgate'', Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1926, paragraph 4</ref> It was, however, written in [[Classical Latin]], not the early version of the Latin language known as [[Old Latin]].		'''''Vetus Latina''''' is a collective name given to the [[Bible\|Biblical]] texts in [[Latin]] that were [[Bible translations\|translated]] before St [[Jerome]]'s [[Vulgate]] Bible (382-405 AD) became the standard Bible for Latin-speaking Western [[Christianity\|Christians]]. The phrase ''Vetus Latina'' is Latin for '''''Old Latin''''', and the Vetus Latina is sometimes known as the '''Old Latin Bible'''.<ref name="plater">W.E. Plater and H.J. White, ''A Grammar of the Vulgate'', Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1926, paragraph 4</ref> It was, however, written in [[Classical Latin]], not the early version of the Latin language known as [[Old Latin]].

	==Text==		>==Text==
	There was no single "Vetus Latina" Bible; there are, instead, a collection of Biblical [[manuscript]] texts that bear witness to Latin translations of Biblical passages that preceded Jerome's.<ref name="plater"/> After comparing readings for [[Gospel of Luke\|Luke]] 24:4-5 in Vetus Latina manuscripts, [[Bruce Metzger]] counted "no fewer than 27 variant readings!" To these witnesses of previous translations, many scholars frequently add quotations of Biblical passages that appear in the works of the Latin Fathers, some of which share readings with certain groups of manuscripts. As such, many of the Vetus Latina "versions" were generally not promulgated in their own right as translations of the Bible to be used in the whole Church; rather, many of the texts that form part of the Vetus Latina were prepared on an ''ad hoc'' basis for the local use of Christian communities, to illuminate another Christian discourse or [[sermon]], or as the Latin half of a [[diglot]] manuscript (e.g. [[Codex Bezae]]). There are some Old Latin texts that seem to have aspired to greater stature or currency; several manuscripts of Old Latin [[Gospel]]s exist, containing the four canonical Gospels; the several manuscripts that contain them differ substantially from one another. Other Biblical passages, however, are extant only in excerpts or fragments.		There was no single "Vetus Latina" Bible; there are, instead, a collection of Biblical [[manuscript]] texts that bear witness to Latin translations of Biblical passages that preceded Jerome's.<ref name="plater"/> After comparing readings for [[Gospel of Luke\|Luke]] 24:4-5 in Vetus Latina manuscripts, [[Bruce Metzger]] counted "no fewer than 27 variant readings!" To these witnesses of previous translations, many scholars frequently add quotations of Biblical passages that appear in the works of the Latin Fathers, some of which share readings with certain groups of manuscripts. As such, many of the Vetus Latina "versions" were generally not promulgated in their own right as translations of the Bible to be used in the whole Church; rather, many of the texts that form part of the Vetus Latina were prepared on an ''ad hoc'' basis for the local use of Christian communities, to illuminate another Christian discourse or [[sermon]], or as the Latin half of a [[diglot]] manuscript (e.g. [[Codex Bezae]]). There are some Old Latin texts that seem to have aspired to greater stature or currency; several manuscripts of Old Latin [[Gospel]]s exist, containing the four canonical Gospels; the several manuscripts that contain them differ substantially from one another. Other Biblical passages, however, are extant only in excerpts or fragments.
	{{BibleRelated}}		{{BibleRelated}}
	The language of the Old Latin translations is uneven in quality, as [[Augustine of Hippo]] lamented in ''De Doctrina Christiana'' (2, 16). Grammatical [[solecism]]s abound; some reproduce literally [[Greek language\|Greek]] or [[Hebrew language\|Hebrew]] idioms as they appear in the [[Septuagint]]. Likewise, the various Old Latin translations reflect the various versions of the Septuagint circulating, with the African manuscripts (such as the [[Codex Bobiensis]]) preserving readings of the [[Western text-type]], while readings in the European manuscripts are closer to the [[Byzantine text-type]]. Many grammatical idiosyncrasies come from the use of [[Vulgar Latin]] grammatical forms in the text.		The language of the Old Latin translations is uneven in quality, as [[Augustine of Hippo]] lamented in ''De Doctrina Christiana'' (2, 16). Grammatical [[solecism]]s abound; some reproduce literally [[Greek language\|Greek]] or [[Hebrew language\|Hebrew]] idioms as they appear in the [[Septuagint]]. Likewise, the various Old Latin translations reflect the various versions of the Septuagint circulating, with the African manuscripts (such as the [[Codex Bobiensis]]) preserving readings of the [[Western text-type]], while readings in the European manuscripts are closer to the [[Byzantine text-type]]. Many grammatical idiosyncrasies come from the use of [[Vulgar Latin]] grammatical forms in the text.

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	* [http://nttf.klassphil.uni-mainz.de/ The old Latin Acts of the Apostles] - About the edition of the Latin versions of the Books of Acts (in German)		* [http://nttf.klassphil.uni-mainz.de/ The old Latin Acts of the Apostles] - About the edition of the Latin versions of the Books of Acts (in German)

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[[Image:Old latin gospel.jpg|thumb|right|A page of the [[Codex Vercellensis]], an example of the ''Vetus Latina''. This section contains the [[Gospel of John]], 16:23-30.]]
'''''Vetus Latina''''' is a collective name given to the [[Bible|Biblical]] texts in [[Latin]] that were [[Bible translations|translated]] before St [[Jerome]]'s [[Vulgate]] Bible (382-405 AD) became the standard Bible for Latin-speaking Western [[Christianity|Christians]]. The phrase ''Vetus Latina'' is Latin for '''''Old Latin''''', and the Vetus Latina is sometimes known as the '''Old Latin Bible'''.<ref name="plater">W.E. Plater and H.J. White, ''A Grammar of the Vulgate'', Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1926, paragraph 4</ref> It was, however, written in [[Classical Latin]], not the early version of the Latin language known as [[Old Latin]].

==Text==
There was no single "Vetus Latina" Bible; there are, instead, a collection of Biblical [[manuscript]] texts that bear witness to Latin translations of Biblical passages that preceded Jerome's.<ref name="plater"/> After comparing readings for [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 24:4-5 in Vetus Latina manuscripts, [[Bruce Metzger]] counted "no fewer than 27 variant readings!" To these witnesses of previous translations, many scholars frequently add quotations of Biblical passages that appear in the works of the Latin Fathers, some of which share readings with certain groups of manuscripts. As such, many of the Vetus Latina "versions" were generally not promulgated in their own right as translations of the Bible to be used in the whole Church; rather, many of the texts that form part of the Vetus Latina were prepared on an ''ad hoc'' basis for the local use of Christian communities, to illuminate another Christian discourse or [[sermon]], or as the Latin half of a [[diglot]] manuscript (e.g. [[Codex Bezae]]). There are some Old Latin texts that seem to have aspired to greater stature or currency; several manuscripts of Old Latin [[Gospel]]s exist, containing the four canonical Gospels; the several manuscripts that contain them differ substantially from one another. Other Biblical passages, however, are extant only in excerpts or fragments.
{{BibleRelated}}
The language of the Old Latin translations is uneven in quality, as [[Augustine of Hippo]] lamented in ''De Doctrina Christiana'' (2, 16). Grammatical [[solecism]]s abound; some reproduce literally [[Greek language|Greek]] or [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] idioms as they appear in the [[Septuagint]]. Likewise, the various Old Latin translations reflect the various versions of the Septuagint circulating, with the African manuscripts (such as the [[Codex Bobiensis]]) preserving readings of the [[Western text-type]], while readings in the European manuscripts are closer to the [[Byzantine text-type]]. Many grammatical idiosyncrasies come from the use of [[Vulgar Latin]] grammatical forms in the text.

==Replacement==
With the publication of Jerome's Vulgate, which offered a single, stylistically consistent Latin text translated from the original tongues, the Vetus Latina gradually fell out of use. Jerome, in a letter, complains that his new version was initially disliked by Christians who were familiar with the phrasing of the old translations. However, as copies of the complete Bible were infrequently found, Old Latin translations of various books of the Bible were copied into manuscripts alongside Vulgate translations, inevitably exchanging readings; Old Latin translations of single books can be found in manuscripts as late as the 13th century. However, the Vulgate generally displaced the Vetus Latina and was acknowledged as the official Bible of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] at the [[Council of Trent]].

Below are some comparisons of the Vetus Latina with text from critical editions of the [[Vulgate]].

The following comparison is of Luke 6:1-4, taken from the Old Latin text in the [[Codex Bezae]]:

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
! Vetus Latina<ref>Text taken from [http://www-user.uni-bremen.de/~wie/Rennes/ ''Codex Bezae and the Da Vinci Code''], A textcritical look at the Rennes-le-Chateau hoax, Wieland Willker, 2005</ref>
! Latin Vulgate<ref>I Wordsworth, H.I. White, H.F.D. Sparks, ''Novum Testamentum Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Latine secundum editione S. Hieronymi'', Oxonii 1889-1954</ref><ref>Stuttgart Vulgate, ''Biblia Sacra iuxta Vulgatam versionem'', adiuvantibus Bonifatio Fischer OSB, Iohanne Gribomont OSB, H.F.D. Sparks, W. Thiele, recensuit et brevi apparatu instruxit Robertus Weber OSB, editio tertia emendata quam paravit Bonifatius Fischer OSB cum sociis H.I. Frede, Iohanne Gribomont OSB, H.F.D. Sparks, W. Thiele, 1983</ref><ref>Punctuation taken from ''Biblia sacra Vulgatae editionis'', Michael Hetzenauer, 1922</ref>
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| Et factum est eum in Sabbato secundoprimo abire per segetes discipuli autem illius coeperunt vellere spicas et fricantes manibus
| Factum est autem in sabbato secundo, primo, cum transíret per sata, vellebant discípuli eius spicas, et manducabant confricantes manibus.
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| manducabant. Quidam autem de farisaeis dicebant ei, Ecce quid faciunt discipuli tui sabbatis
| Quidam autem pharisæorum, dicebant illis : Quid facitis quod non licet in sabbatis ?
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| quod non licet ? Respondens autem IHS dixit ad eos, Numquam hoc legistis quod fecit David quando esurit ipse et qui cum eo erat ?
| Et respondens Jesus ad eos, dixit : Nec hoc legistis quod fecit David, cum esurisset ipse, et qui cum illo erant ?
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| Intro ibit in domum Dei et panes propositionis manducavit et dedit et qui cum erant quibus non licebat manducare si non solis sacerdotibus ?
| quomodo intravit in domum Dei, et panes propositionis sumpsit, et manducavit, et dedit his qui cum ipso erant : quos non licet manducare nisi tantum sacerdotibus ?
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The Old Latin text survives in places in the liturgy, such as the following verse well known from Christmas carols, Luke 2:14:
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
! Vetus Latina
! Latin Vulgate<ref>Nestle-Aland, ''Novum Testamentum Latine'', Novam Vulgatam Bibliorum Sacrorum Editionem secuti apparatibus titulisque additis ediderunt Kurt Aland et Barbara Aland una cum Instituo studiorum textus Novi Testamenti Monasteriensi (Westphalia), Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1884-1998, Lc 2,14, citing Wordsworth, ''supra'', and Stuttgart, ''supra''</ref>
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|[[Gloria in excelsis Deo]], et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis
|Gloria in altissimis Deo, et in terra pax in hominibus bonæ voluntatis
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The Old Latin text means, "Glory [belongs] to God among the high, and peace [belongs] to men of good will on earth". The Vulgate text means "Glory [belongs] to God among the most high and peace among men of good will on earth".

Probably the most well known difference between the Old Latin and the Vulgate is in the [[Pater Noster]], where the phrase from the Vetus Latina, ''quotidianum panem'', "daily bread", becomes ''supersubstantialem panem'', "[[Epiousios|supersubstantial]] bread" in the Vulgate.

==Psalms==
The [[Latin Psalters#Versio Vetus Latina|Old Latin Psalms]] are a special case. Here, the Latin liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church continues the use of the [[Latin Psalters#Versio Gallicana|Gallican psalter]], which is a version of the Psalms from the Vetus Latina that was doubly revised by St Jerome before he began to prepare his Vulgate translation. These Psalms had already become widely used in the liturgy, and their phrasing was familiar to worshippers despite their occasional divergences from [[classical Latin]] usage. Jerome also translated the Psalms from the original Hebrew; Jerome's new Psalter is called the ''[[Latin Psalters#Versio juxta Hebraicum|Iuxta Hebraicum]]'', but this new version failed to displace the Gallican psalter in liturgical use, and ultimately the Gallican was used as the psalter of the Vulgate. The Gallican is the psalter that is chanted to [[Gregorian chant]] and used in [[european classical music|classical music]]. In 1979, the Roman Catholic Church issued a ''[[Nova Vulgata]]'' version of the Psalms, and authorised them for liturgical use; by then, Latin liturgies were seldom used, and the Nova Vulgata has made little impact.

== Books cited ==
Texts from the Gallican and "juxta hebraicum" of psalm 122(121) and some of the points in this article are from:
*''Biblia sacra : iuxta Vulgatam versionem / adiuvantibus Bonifatio Fischer ... [et al.] recensuit et brevi apparatu critico instruxit Robertus Weber.'' Stuttgart: [[Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft]], 1994.

== See also ==
* [[List of New Testament Latin manuscripts]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.erzabtei-beuron.de/kultur/vetus_latina.php The Vetus Latina Institut, Beuron/Germany]
* [http://www.vetuslatina.org/ Vetus Latina] - Resources for the study of the Old Latin Bible (in English, German, and Latin)
* [http://www.iohannes.com Vetus Latina Iohannes] - An electronic edition of the manuscripts of John
* [http://nttf.klassphil.uni-mainz.de/ The old Latin Acts of the Apostles] - About the edition of the Latin versions of the Books of Acts (in German)

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