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In the Vulgate, are lectio, meditatio, oratio and contemplatio used?

What Greek or Hebrew words did they translate?

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Here is a good resource for seeking out specific Latin words in the Clementine Vulgate: vulsearch.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/vulsearch

You can then cross reference the verses you find with the Septuagint (academic-bible.com/en/online-bibles/septuagint-lxx/read-the-bible-text/), the Hebrew Bible (scripture4all.org/OnlineInterlinear/Hebrew_Index.htm), and the Greek New Testament (greekbible.com/).

Note that for variants in the manuscript traditions and other academic interests, the Internet is not great.
 
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In the Vulgate, are lectio, meditatio, oratio and contemplatio used?

What Greek or Hebrew words did they translate?

THANKS
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Lectio: Acts 13:15; 2Cor 3:14; 1Tim 4:13 Heb (N/A) Gk. anagnosis

Meditatio: Ps 18:15; 38:4; 48:4; 54:3; 118:97,99; Eccl 12:12; Wis 7:18; Lam 3:62; Heb. higgayon; sichah; Gk. meletE

Oratio: Over 150 times. Heb. tefillah; Gk. deEsis

Contemplatio: Only Gen 30:41; mistranslation of Heb. maqqel.
 
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In the Vulgate, are lectio, meditatio, oratio and contemplatio used?

What Greek or Hebrew words did they translate?

THANKS
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Not sure in what context you mean…but the Latin terms you list are certainly somewhere in the Vulgate…check a good interline bible…lectionary = to read; meditation = to meditate; oration = to speak, i.e. to pray; and contemplatio = to contemplate.

So, again, those words almost certainly appear in the Vulgate.
 
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Just a little more help and guidance.

If one wanted to use more biblical words for Lectio Divina, which English words would you suggest.

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seagal:

Yes.

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I asked the question poorly.

What words might be more accurate in for each step: lectio, etc.
I agree, sacred reading is excellent.

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seagal:

Yes.

THANKS!

I asked the question poorly.

What words might be more accurate in for each step: lectio, etc.
I agree, sacred reading is excellent.

THANKS!
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You’re welcome 🙂
What’s wrong with a simple translation?
lectio = read
meditatio = meditate
oratio = pray
contemplatio = contemplate

Or, from the official lectio divina website,
reading, reflection, response, rest
 
Nothing, nothing at all.

Contemplate is a tough one for me.

I like to gaze, but that might have a physical connotation.

Meditate has always challenged me too.

I guess I am contemplative and meditatively challenged.

If they are solid translations of the biblical word–then I like them the best.
 
Jim_Baur said:
Just a little more help and guidance.

If one wanted to use more biblical words for Lectio Divina, which English words would you suggest.

THANKS!
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Another way to describe Lectio Divina is “pondering sacred Scripture” :

“Pondering sacred Scripture was the way the early monks, the desert fathers and mothers, in fact, the people of the Bible, prayed.” Lectio Divina, p.7
 
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