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Posts Tagged Latin

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.

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Caesar, Chomsky and Comme le Prévoit

The principles underlying the new translation of the Mass fail to make any distinction between ‘deep’ and ‘surface’ structures of language.

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Greek and Latin Instruction as Complements to Adult Catechesis?

Should catechumenal and adult Catholic catechetical programs include classes in the Greek and Latin languages?

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Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth on the Future of the Liturgy

One further thing Robert Hugh Benson could not foresee in any way in 1907 was the change, development, destruction – and your choice of term will obviously indicate your particular view – of the sacred liturgy.

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More accurate translation????

I want a more faithful translation.

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Seminarians to learn Latin and the old Mass?

The Vatican will soon direct bishops around the world to ensure that all seminarians are taught Latin and, even more importantly, that they are trained to celebrate the Tridentine Mass.

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Latinist strikes out

It may still be the Church’s official language but it appears that there are some in the Vatican who don’t know Latin as well as they should.

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