Why "unspeakable name" removed from the Liturgy?"

[Robster7]

Folks,

Re Yahweh: Is this prohibition primarily out of sensitivity to some Jewish folk who avoid pronouncing or fully printing it?

Did God ever say in scripture, “Don’t speak My Name out loud.”?

Or is this one of those human things of taking an actual sensible prohibition, “Dont use My Name in vain.” and just going overboard?

Anyone want to enlighten me?

Papist and proud of it

 

[Jean_Anthony]

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[porthos11]

Folks,

Re Yahweh: Is this prohibition primarily out of sensitivity to some Jewish folk who avoid pronouncing or fully printing it?

Did God ever say in scripture, “Don’t speak My Name out loud.”?

Or is this one of those human things of taking an actual sensible prohibition, “Dont use My Name in vain.” and just going overboard?

Anyone want to enlighten me?

Papist and proud of it

Pope Benedict wrote well about it in “Jesus of Nazareth”, and it makes sense. God revealed his Name to Moses so that he will have an answer to the Israelites who ask him, but the condescension put God, in a manner of speaking, on the same level as the other gods, who were identified by name. Since God is the only God, there is no need for a name, hence, his revealed Name is at the same time a non-name, and expresses God’s infinite majesty and one-ness. Giving God a name is in a way, degrading, and puts him alongside the pagan deities.

Basically, then, the avoidance of pronouncing the Name is an affirmation that God is not a God among many, such that he needs a name, and the Pope affirms that the Israelites were absolutely correct in not pronouncing it (cf. Jesus of Nazareth, p. 142, 143).

 

[Fidelis]

Folks,

Re Yahweh: Is this prohibition primarily out of sensitivity to some Jewish folk who avoid pronouncing or fully printing it?

The new directive wasn’t made primarily out of sensitivity to Jews (though it may have that effect), but because the non-use of the name is more in accordance with Catholicism being an outgrowth of ancient Judaism. From the earliest days, Christians have not deigned to pronounce the so-called “tetragrammaton” in the context of the liturgy --in fact, this is a rather late innovation only dating back a couple of hundred years. As many articles have pointed out, the name Yahweh hasn’t been included in any official Church liturgical texts. The directive is basically aimed at it’s use in congregational songs, hymms, and local variations of prayer of the faithful, for example.

For some background on this topic, I recommend the following news article:

Why “Yahweh” Isn’t Used in Catholic Liturgy
zenit.org/article-24326?l=english

Hope that helps.

 

[japhy]

Re Yahweh: … Anyone want to enlighten me?

Yes: read the document yourself. It explains the reasons quite well.