Re: Natural Language Praised


leuwarden@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
> > leuwarden@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > do you mean I ought to find a better term?
> > >
> > > Latin is no longer alive. is it being kept alive in the Church? I read
> > > that Ratzinger was going to try and bring it back. Maybe he ought to,
> > > but what are the chances? I do not know, and I have not seen any debate
> > > about this.
> >
> > I vaguely know that Latin was dropped or demoted as a working or
> > official
> > language of Vatican City only fairly recently.
>
>
> here is the Vatican home page and Latin is not one of the options:
> http://www.vatican.va

yes, that was noted before in sci.lang and that is where "dropped or
demoted" comes in.

>
> but here is the list of encyclicals published by John Paul II, and you
> see that most of them are available in Latin
> http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/index.htm
>
> as far as I know, these "encyclicals" are normally addressed to the
> bishops and are to define the basic teachings.
> >
> > I also know that Vatican radio had, and perhaps still has, Latin radio
> > broadcasts.
> >
> > >
> > > I have been told that Hebrew has been revived 100%, but I am alsmost
> > > sure that is a different story. Also, it was not a recent development,
> > > not some kind of political program, but something that started way back
> > > in the 19th century.

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