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There are three Latin texts of the Bible. The ancient vetus latina version used by the Christian writers before Jerome, the Vulgate of st. Jerome and the Neo-Vulgate. Our article deals with the formation and the characteristic features of each version and a special impact the Vulgate had on the Christian literature. We focus our presentation on three periods: the golden age of the patristic literature in the IV– V centuries; the transitional period in the VI–VII centuries and the middle ages, mainly XII–XIII centuries. We present the authors of the most important commentaries, sermons and other works connected with the Bible and approach some problems connected with the interpretation and meaning of Scripture.