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Jul 19, 2019 · The use of the Latin language, gregorian chants, the forgotten devotions and the primacy of putting faith to work will bring a revitalisation of the catholic church. At this point in time, it is ...
Jun 18, 2010 · It seems that a core of the Roman Canon was developed and used first, probably even in liturgies that were partly in Greek and partly in Latin, until the final Latin version evolved. Because Christians had not used Latin for worship prior to this, words had to be adapted or imported (often from Greek) to express Christian ideas, beginning the ...
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May 13, 2011 · Here are some details on how Latin has been used in the Catholic Church and Pope Benedict's efforts to support it. * FROM GREEK TO LATIN: Jesus and his disciples spoke Aramaic, a language close...
Jul 20, 2021 · Stefano Pellicciari | Shutterstock. Philip Kosloski - published on 07/20/21. Latin continues to be preserved in the Church's liturgy and in many official Church documents, in order to...
Advantages of Latin in the Roman Liturgy As was mentioned above, by the fourth century, Latin had replaced Greek as the official language of the Church of Rome. Prominent among the Latin Fathers of the Church who wrote extensively and beautifully in Latin were St Ambrose (339-397), St Augustine of Hippo (354-430), St Leo the Great (+ 461) and ...
G.K Chesterton responded to the idea that Latin is a "dead" language: "Every living language is a dying language, even if it does not die. Parts of it are perpetually perishing or changing their sense; there is only one escape from that flux; and a language must die to be immortal." I was blessed to grow up with the Latin Mass, and to sing the ...
Latin was the language of the Catholic Church, and when the Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity beginning in the early seventh century, Old English (the version of English used at...
