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Originally Posted by ceeboo
Latin is the very ancient language ALL the saints spoke and is considered by many Catholics as revered, sacred, respectfull, traditional. This ancient language ( now extinct ) is the very language our brothers and sisters in Christ spoke in the Early Church days.
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I am just curious, why does it matter which language that was spoken by the Early Church? Why is Latin considered sacred? Why not Greek? Why not Aramaic? Other ancient languages used in Early Church writings? Could Hebrew be considered sacred as well, considering this was the language of the ancient Israel (unless I am mistaken regarding this point)? Were not the ancient followers of the Old Testament teachings followers of Christ (if they looked forward to the coming of the Messiah, eagerly waiting for the redemption he would bring to fallen mankind)?
I cannot wrap my mind around why one language or another would be sacred (except possibly for the inaudible, undeniable language of love). I respectfully disagree that "ALL" members of the Early Church spoke Latin. That just does not jive with my limited understanding of history.
A similar logic would state, "Everyone in the United States speaks English." If one would agree this statement is inaccurate, why would one believe that all early Christians spoke Latin?
Am I misunderstanding your statement? Please clarify anything I may misunderstand.
JMS