Eclogues
Virgil's pastoral poems, cited by Jerome specifically for Eclogue IV (the "Messianic Eclogue") as an example of misreading pagan poetry as Christian.
Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— Jerome quotes Eclogue IV.6 as part of his critique of Virgiliocento
"Now the Virgin returns, the Saturnian kingdoms return;"
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— Jerome quotes Eclogue IV.7
"Now a new offspring is sent down from high heaven."