What is your favorite Latin phrase?

  • Thread starter Thread starter jmoburg
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
LilyM said:
It doesn’t mock Christianity or Judaism - not a bit. It mocks false ‘faith’ - that being the sort of credulity and ignorance that created the overly legalistic Pharisees, and the sort of WOULD worship a Brian Cohen (a false messiah who TELLS people he isn’t the Messiah) instead of the true Messiah.

And it mocks the stupidity and gullibility of some humans (I mean imagine someone singing ‘always look on the bright side of life’ at the point of death! The purpose wasn’t to mock the Crucifixion, rather the reactions of the people around Brian to it)
Click to expand...
i saw an interview with the pythons actually where they admit they’re all atheist and made the film to mock religious people. yes, you’re right about false religions, but they claim they’re making fun of all religions because they’re all false. terry jones went so far as to call us twisted and depraved for admiring an execution device so much.

they pretended at the release that it was just for giggles, but that was just to appease people. anyone who bought their argument is none too bright either. it’s obvious satire of religion and believers. although i did like a scene that they took out of the final cut where a jewish nazi talks to brian about creating a racially pure jewish state (israel). like the movie, it’s offensive but is funny and makes a point in a clever way.

i mean … i never liked the film that much. from an objective point of view, it’s very smart and funny. but i can’t enjoy it really as much as i can the meaning of life.
 
Along the lines of AMDG,

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam / Inque Hominum Salutem
For the greater glory of God / and the salvation of humanity
 
Cleese on finding Holy Grail
Satirist of religion in Monty Python now a spiritual man

tescodvdrental.com/visitor/product/12096-Monty-Python’s-Life-Of-Brian.html

From the above link: “This film more than any probably helped me become an atheist. Python at its best!”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python’s_Life_of_Brian#Themes_and_controversies

From Wikipedia regarding the crucifixion scene: “Director Terry Jones said in an interview as a reply to this scene: “Any religion that makes a form of torture into an icon that they worship seems to me a pretty sick sort of religion quite honestly”.[3]”
 
Stat Crux dum volvitur orbis. (the motto of the Carthusians).

translated as:

The Cross is steady as the world turns.

or

The world is changing while the Cross ever stays the same.
 
Acriter et Fideliter (the motto of the Swiss Guard)

courageously and faithfully :knight2:
 
repo_man said:
i saw an interview with the pythons actually where they admit they’re all atheist and made the film to mock religious people. yes, you’re right about false religions, but they claim they’re making fun of all religions because they’re all false. terry jones went so far as to call us twisted and depraved for admiring an execution device so much.

they pretended at the release that it was just for giggles, but that was just to appease people. anyone who bought their argument is none too bright either. it’s obvious satire of religion and believers. although i did like a scene that they took out of the final cut where a jewish nazi talks to brian about creating a racially pure jewish state (israel). like the movie, it’s offensive but is funny and makes a point in a clever way.

i mean … i never liked the film that much. from an objective point of view, it’s very smart and funny. but i can’t enjoy it really as much as i can the meaning of life.
Click to expand...
I never knew before this one way or the other what the Pythons said about LOB, so I certainly didn’t ‘buy into’ anything, rather I read my own charitable interpretation into it.

It can easily be guessed that their intent was probably to mock religion, in charity to them I was prepared to wait for evidence before believing so.

Be all that as it may, I don’t care two hoots what they intended, but rather how the film affects me. And certainly no Catholic that I know who’s watched it has had their religious sensibilities suffer for it in the slightest, although they may cringe at some parts as they would in parts of many a movie or tv show without their faith suffering.

And ‘Meaning of Life?’ A film with that mocks Catholic attitudes to contraception with the song ‘every sperm is sacred’? A film with a truly repugnant scene that portrays a teacher ACTUALLY having sex with his wife in front of his classroom of students as ‘sex ed’??? And you find Life of Brian more offensive???
 
LilyM said:
I never knew before this one way or the other what the Pythons said about LOB, so I certainly didn’t ‘buy into’ anything, rather read my own interpretation into it.

It can easily be guessed that their intent is probably to mock religion, in charity to them I was prepared to wait for evidence before believing so.

Be all that as it may, I don’t care two hoots what they intended, but rather how the film affects me. And certainly no Catholic that I know who’s watched it has had their religious sensibilities suffer for it in the slightest, although they may cringe at some parts as they would in parts of many a movie or tv show without their faith suffering.

And ‘Meaning of Life?’ A film with a scene that mocks Catholic attitudes to contraception with the song ‘every sperm is sacred’? A film that portrays a teacher ACTUALLY having sex with his wife in front of his classroom of students as ‘sex ed’??? And you find Life of Brian more offensive???
Click to expand...
 
back onto the topic here… and please forgive my poor spelling (and grammar)…

My son’s dad’s favorite phrase is “Semper ubi sub ubi” (“always wear underwear” – well, it really translates as “always where under where” – it’s a joke, get it?)

My favorites are:

“O felix culpa” (o happy fault)

“Ecce ancilla Domine. Fiat mei succundum eloquiam tuam” (Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Be it done unto me according to thy word.)

Gertabelle
 
Did anybody mention the following?

E PLURIBUS UNUM

(I hope those while letters show up! I can’t see them!)
 
LilyM said:
I never knew before this one way or the other what the Pythons said about LOB, so I certainly didn’t ‘buy into’ anything, rather I read my own charitable interpretation into it.

It can easily be guessed that their intent was probably to mock religion, in charity to them I was prepared to wait for evidence before believing so.

Be all that as it may, I don’t care two hoots what they intended, but rather how the film affects me. And certainly no Catholic that I know who’s watched it has had their religious sensibilities suffer for it in the slightest, although they may cringe at some parts as they would in parts of many a movie or tv show without their faith suffering.

And ‘Meaning of Life?’ A film with that mocks Catholic attitudes to contraception with the song ‘every sperm is sacred’? A film with a truly repugnant scene that portrays a teacher ACTUALLY having sex with his wife in front of his classroom of students as ‘sex ed’??? And you find Life of Brian more offensive???
Click to expand...
LilyM and Repo Man I find this advice from Fr. Serpa on discerning what movies to watch to be very helpful. Check it out here
 
Quidquid latine dictum sit altum sonator

That which is said in Latin sounds more profound
 
pprimeau1976 said:
What’s wrong with “new world order” or “new order of the world”? Are you afraid the Illuminati are going to jump out at you?😃
Click to expand...
Not afraid, I am called to be “In the world, not of the world.” 👍
 
Totally OT, and I apologize for that, but Scott, your message box makes me 😃 :rotfl: every time I see it.

I wish I could figure a way to sneak it onto my Baptist-preacher-who-denies-he’s-anti-Catholic-STBX-father-in-laws computer. Is that rotten or what?:cool:
 
illigitimi non corborundum.
(Don’t let the bastards get you down).

Good advice, I think, when dealing with the ultra traditional or ultra liberal elements on the board and/or in the church.

and no, I’m not certain I spelled it right. :rolleyes:
 
CA(name removed by moderator) said:
Totally OT, and I apologize for that, but Scott, your message box makes me 😃 :rotfl: every time I see it.

I wish I could figure a way to sneak it onto my Baptist-preacher-who-denies-he’s-anti-Catholic-STBX-father-in-laws computer. Is that rotten or what?:cool:
Click to expand...
RIght click on it and save it. Then you can put it on whomever’s computer you’d like. 😃
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top