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*381 Nicene Creed expanded at [[Second Ecumenical Council]].
*382 First use of papal title ''[[w:Pontifex Maximus|Pontifex Maximus]]'', as Emperor [[w:Gratian|Gratian]] relinquishes the former pagan imperial religious title and bestows it on Pope [[w:Pope Damasus I|Damasus I]] of Rome.<ref>Alan Cameron. ''Gratian's Repudiation of the Pontifical Robe.'' '''The Journal of Roman Studies'''. Vol.58, Parts 1 and 2. 1968. pp.96-102.</ref><ref group="note">Although it was not until the fifteenth century that ''"Pontifex Maximus"'' became a regular title of honour for Popes.</ref>
*395-405 In a series of correspondences between Augustine of Hippo and [[Jerome]], [[Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]] maintains the validity of the [[Septuagint]], while Jerome favours the Hebrew (Rabinnical) Bible which becomes the OT basis for the Latin [[Vulgate]].<ref group="note">See: ''Letters of Augustine'' (No. 28, 71, 81) and the ''Letters of Jerome'' (No. 112), in:<br>
''A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Translated into English with Prolegomena and Explanatory Notes under the Editorial Supervision of Henry Wace and Philip Schaff''. Oxford: Parker; New York: Christian Literature Co., 1890-1900.</ref>
*410 Rome sacked by Visigoth invaders.
