Vetus Latina

Instead, Vetus Latina is a collection of biblical manuscript texts that are Latin translations of Septuagint and New Testament passages that preceded Jerome's Vulgate.

[4] Thee are over 80 manuscripts or fragments with Latin translations of New Testament books that pre-date Jerome (i.e. before 350 CE).

He broke with church tradition and translated most of the Old Testament of his Vulgate from Hebrew sources rather than from the Greek Septuagint.

The following comparison is of Luke 6:1–4, taken from the Vetus Latina text in the Codex Bezae: The Vetus Latina text survives in places in the Catholic liturgy, such as the following verse well known from Christmas carols, Luke 2:14: The Vetus Latina text means, "Glory [belongs] to God among the high, and peace [belongs] to men of good will on earth".

[citation needed] The Vulgate text means "Glory [belongs] to God among the most high and peace among men of good will on earth".