Letter CXXI. To Algasia.

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 Luke vii. 18, 19 , to be reconciled with John i. 36 ?

(2) What is the meaning of Matt. xii. 20 ?

(3) And of Matt. xvi. 24 ?

(4) And of Matt. xxiv. 19, 20 ?

(5) And of Luke ix. 53 ?

(6) What is the meaning of the parable of the unjust steward?

(7) What is the meaning of Rom. v. 7 ?

(8) And of Rom. vii. 8 ?

(9) And of Rom. ix. 3 ?

(10) And of Col. ii. 18 ?

(11) And of 2 Thes. ii. 3 ?

The date of the letter is 406 a.d.