Why Latin?

[diggerdomer]

Interestingly, a major part of central Europe was evangelized in Slavonic, which was commonly understood in the region at the time (9th - 10th centuries).

The missions of Ss Cyril and Methodios were conducted in Slavonic, and that was the language of the liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom which they used. Later many of these places (such as southern Poland, Slovakia, Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia) were gradually transferred into the Latin Catholic church and the Latin Mass was introduced, but these were already Christian peoples. Today that would be many millions of Catholics whose pagan ancestors were evangelized in the vernacular of the day into a Mass that was not in Latin.

The process of transferring rites was apparently not fully completed, there were still many Catholics in Croatia who worshiped in the Traditional Latin rite/Tridentine Mass in the language of Slavonic (by now archaic) up until Vatican Council II. So I guess that would have been the TSM

Great insights! Thanks for sharing!

 

[diggerdomer]

You are correct sir in that the language of science is not a determinative for the language of faith and liturgy. I have worked with representatives from each of the countries you spoke of however, and all use Latin when it comes to plants and animals. My point was only that it is an accepted universal language.

For science, yes. For religion or theology, no. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[diggerdomer]

So fact confusing. Please reread Veterum Sapientia and what Cardinal Arinze said back in 2006.

Where does what I said contradict what Cardinal Arinze said? So fact confusing indeed.