Commentary on Ephesians
Jerome's commentary on Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians; in the preface he describes his lifelong devotion to reading and consulting learned men.
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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The Fathers' Defense of the Old Testament
— Preface quoted: Jerome never ceased reading or questioning; went to Alexandria to consult Didymus
"Never," he says, "from my youth did I cease to read, or to question learned men about what I did not know; never did I make myself (as most do) my own teacher. Finally, very recently, for this above all other reasons, I went to Alexandria, to see Didymus and to consult him about all the doubts I had in the Scriptures."