Letter XXI. To Damasus In this letter Jerome, at the request of Damasus, gives a minutely detailed explanation of the parable of the prodigal son
Letter CXXI. To Algasia
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Jerome writes to a lady of Gaul named Algasia to answer eleven questions which she had submitted to him. They were as follows:—
(1) How is , , to be reconciled with ?
(2) What is the meaning of ?
(3) And of ?
(4) And of , ?
(5) And of ?
(6) What is the meaning of the parable of the unjust steward?
(7) What is the meaning of ?
(8) And of ?
(9) And of ?
(10) And of ?
(11) And of ?
The date of the letter is 406 a.d.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Volume 6, ed. Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (1890–1900). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.