VULCANITE

A mineralogical synonym of the pyroxene, or volcanic garnet. VULGATE. {L,?Lt. \\i\%aX\xm, made public.) The Latin translation of the Old Testament, which is as highly reverenced in the Roman Catholic church as the original itself, and from which the texts and other portions of Scripture used in the liturgy are taken. The translation earliest in use was commonly called " Itala," and made from the Septuagint. Saint Jerome composed a new one from the original Hebrew. These two translations were, in after times, intermingled, and the Vulgate is composed partly of each: e.g. the Psalms are in the old or Italic translation. The Vulgate is declared authentic, and appropriated to the use of the church, by the Council of Trent.^ w. [s. 1438]