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Verbum dei aeternum est Sancte hieronyme, ora pro nobis Doctor ecclesiae Born in stridon, roman blood Scholar's mind, fire in blood Rome's bright halls and pleasure halls But conscience thundered through marble walls He fled the world, the desert's call Caves of syria, demons and all Fasting, prayer, scripture flame Forged the weapon of Christ's name Not comfort Not sleep But iron discipline He chose to keep Stand, saint jerome Lion of scripture, blade of truth Scholar-warrior of christian youth Write, fight, endure With pen as sword and skull as crown He tore corruption down Rome called back the desert flame Pope's right hand, feared by name He crushed false teachers without mercy Heretics trembled at his theology Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ Thundered truth at any price Virginity praised, sin exposed No soft words for corrupted souls Not polite Not mild But righteous rage Of God's own child Stand, saint jerome Hammer of error, storm of ink Made heresy finally sink Write, fight, endure Rome shook when jerome spoke False doctrine broke To bethlehem the war moved on Beside Christ's cave, the work begun Hebrew scrolls and greek parchment burned Into latin the scriptures turned The vulgate forged for every land Bible armed in common hand From altar chant to peasant prayer Jerome's word filled christendom's air Not just scholar But architect Of western faith Still standing correct Stand, saint jerome Translator of heaven's code Built the church's battle road Write, fight, endure Every mass still speaks his line Truth divine Lux veritatis Scriptura sacra Miles christi Old and scarred, skull by his side Death remembered, ego died Pen still burning, war not done Till final breath beneath the Sun When jerome fell, the lion slept But christendom his roar still kept From monks to schools, from pulpits high His fire still splits the sky Empires fall Books remain His words outlive Sword and chain Stand, saint jerome Doctor of fire, keeper of flame Scripture preserved in Jesus' name Write, fight, endure When lies rise high and truth is torn Jerome is reborn Stand, saint jerome Lion of bethlehem, desert forged Truth sharpened, battle waged Word, cross, victory From cave to eternity Saint jerome reigns in me Sancte hieronyme Defensor scripturae Amen