Commentary on Hosea
Jerome's exegetical commentary on the prophet Hosea, cited for his self-correction regarding imprudent tropological interpretation.
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Chapter III: On the Difficulty of Sacred Scripture
— Commentary on Hosea chapter 10 cited: Jerome teaches it is impious to apply tropologically to Christ what is said of the king of Assyria
"St. Jerome, writing on Hosea chapter 10, teaches that to apply tropologically to Christ what is commonly said of the king of Assyria — which he himself had once imprudently done — is impious"
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch
— Cited (on chapter 5) for allegory's relation to history; Jerome retracts his contrary view
"St. Jerome teaches on Hosea chapter 5, where he retracts the contrary view he had expressed elsewhere"