Tag: Latin
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On Reginald Foster’s Latin
Tireless evangelist for Latin, pioneering teacher with an eccentric approach – but it reflected a deep understanding of how languages work.
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Pope Francis: Study Latin, Young People
From CNA: “Pope Francis: It’s Good for Young People to Study Latin.” I agree! This isn’t about liturgy, it’s about stretching the brain and learning a language very important in the history of the church and western civilization. It’ll help you with your Italian, Spanish, French, etc. And just between you and I, it’ll help with your English…
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Disambiguating the “quod” clause in GIRM section 299
The Latin of a controversial rubric in the Roman Missal is inherently ambiguous. Neither a Vatican clarification nor strong comments from participants on both sides of the liturgical spectrum have made it less so.
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Pope ditches Latin as official language of Vatican synod
The move was a break with Francis’s predecessor, Pope Benedict, who two years ago started a new Vatican department to promote the study and use of Latin in the Roman Catholic Church and beyond.
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‘Liturgical abuse’ is a linguistic misuse
Especially in liturgical matters, ‘abuse’ is a literalist mistranslation of the Latin abusus.
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ἰδοὺ: abiding knowledge and infinite vision
A consideration of the New Testament Greek imperative ἰδοὺ, “behold” or “remember”, in Matthew 28.
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The “briefly speaking supreme pontiff”
Against all Vatican expectations, the pope’s Twitter account in Latin has gained more than 100,000 followers in six months and continues to grow.
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What did the pope really tweet?
A new translation scandal is brewing in the deepest heart of the Vatican.
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A structural approach to the Latin prayers of the Roman Missal
By looking at structure before diving into syntax and vocabulary, we can make the Latin prayers easier to understand.