Tens of thousands of Americans have church in Latin EVERY single Sunday. These are masses that are 100% in latin. It's still the official language of the Catholic Church, which has about 1.5 billion adherents. Millions upon millions of Catholics hear some latin every single Sunday even if their mass is in vernacular and not 100% All Latin Scriptures were Catholic. What an incredible resource for anyone interested in Latin, Catholic or not.
My own religion, Hellenism, Greek being a sacred language to most temples, at times solely uses Latin in some small amounts of temples as a sacred language; myself being such. I have much reverence for the Christians who reformed, revised and adapted the Latin language throughout the centuries. The Renaissance was an important part of history, Catholic or Hellenist anyone who cannot read the texts from that era, most of which are in Latin, will not remember the knowledge very well of what was written back then. My two most favourite thinkers, who wrote works in Latin, are Augustine of Hippo and Gottfried Leibniz.
Those who study Latin can see the connections with many other languages, including Greek and Russian, as well as the usual Romance languages. However, learning the language goes hand-in-hand with the study of the ancient world. This is vital, if only to understand the thinking of the nation's founders and the other influences of today.
Yes, it was written in Hebrew and Greek, but it was still translated to Latin early, since most people outside of Israel didn't know Hebrew and only the upper classes and the intellectuals ~1% of the population in the Roman Empire were speaking Greek.
Euge, amīce!
ecce, Lūcius!
This guy is such a skilled and engaging speaker. Well done!
Tens of thousands of Americans have church in Latin EVERY single Sunday. These are masses that are 100% in latin.
It's still the official language of the Catholic Church, which has about 1.5 billion adherents. Millions upon millions of Catholics hear some latin every single Sunday even if their mass is in vernacular and not 100%
All Latin Scriptures were Catholic. What an incredible resource for anyone interested in Latin, Catholic or not.
My own religion, Hellenism, Greek being a sacred language to most temples, at times solely uses Latin in some small amounts of temples as a sacred language; myself being such. I have much reverence for the Christians who reformed, revised and adapted the Latin language throughout the centuries. The Renaissance was an important part of history, Catholic or Hellenist anyone who cannot read the texts from that era, most of which are in Latin, will not remember the knowledge very well of what was written back then. My two most favourite thinkers, who wrote works in Latin, are Augustine of Hippo and Gottfried Leibniz.
Great talk!
Those who study Latin can see the connections with many other languages, including Greek and Russian, as well as the usual Romance languages. However, learning the language goes hand-in-hand with the study of the ancient world. This is vital, if only to understand the thinking of the nation's founders and the other influences of today.
Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth,
"Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved
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“I’m from Canada.” Opens with an apology. Sounds about right.
Quid expectās? Wouldn't it have been better to ask "Quid expectātis?"
i love Latin but for breadth you'd have a hard time competing with Sanskrit.
Latin is not one of the original languages that the Bible was written in.
Yes, it was written in Hebrew and Greek, but it was still translated to Latin early, since most people outside of Israel didn't know Hebrew and only the upper classes and the intellectuals ~1% of the population in the Roman Empire were speaking Greek.
ur right, but Latin was the first translated from greek and closest to Ancient Greek
Outstanding talk