Catholic Church resurrects past with Latin Mass

[Viggen]

Dominus vobiscum and the Latin Mass are making a comeback. The traditional Mass in the ancient language that once mesmerized Catholics and mystified non-Catholics may be easier to find on a Sunday morning under a ruling expected soon from Pope Benedict XVI. The pope's "indult" would allow the Tridentine Mass, as the Latin Mass is called, to be celebrated without special permission.

 

via Palm Beach Post

 

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[Virgil61]

Dominus vobiscum and the Latin Mass are making a comeback. The traditional Mass in the ancient language that once mesmerized Catholics and mystified non-Catholics may be easier to find on a Sunday morning under a ruling expected soon from Pope Benedict XVI. The pope's "indult" would allow the Tridentine Mass, as the Latin Mass is called, to be celebrated without special permission.

 

via Palm Beach Post

 

cheers

viggen

 

Well that's big news. It had been long gone by my first communion. Mel Gibson's happy!

[Ursus]

I always wanted to go to a Catholic Mass and listen to the Latin.

[roman wargamer]

Dominus vobiscum and the Latin Mass are making a comeback.

The traditional Mass in the ancient language...

isn't the original language of Jesus "The Christ" is Jewish.

and the New Testament books of the Holy Bible was written on Low Greek Language.

 

How come Latin Mass is well fame and presume the most ancient language mass?

 

Greek and Jewish Mass language could also mesmerized Catholics and mystified non-Catholics.

[Virgil61]

isn't the original language of Jesus "The Christ" is Jewish.

 

It was either Hebrew or Aramaic.

 

and the New Testament books of the Holy Bible was written on Low Greek Language.

 

How come Latin Mass is well fame and presume the most ancient language mass?

 

Greek and Jewish Mass language could also mesmerized Catholics and mystified non-Catholics.

 

This particular Latin (or Tridentine) Mass has little to do with the original languages used in the biblical texts or that it's the most ancient language of the mass. It isn't, it was 'codified' in its present form in the 16th century.

[Rameses the Great]

isn't the original language of Jesus "The Christ" is Jewish.

and the New Testament books of the Holy Bible was written on Low Greek Language.

 

How come Latin Mass is well fame and presume the most ancient language mass?

 

Greek and Jewish Mass language could also mesmerized Catholics and mystified non-Catholics.

 

It's because Catholicism is from the west in Rome and Western Europe. Since the Eastern Empire used Greek as it's number one language Greek was the language to convert people in. For example churhces like in the Russian, Coptic, Assyrians, and Ukrainian churhces have their own language, but some words are in Greek. Since Romans used Latin to convert others, it's the language of their Catholicism.

 

BTW, Alexandrian theologians thought it best to convert the Jewish text to Greek since it was considered the best choice. It was not like it was automatically proclaimed.

Edited November 2, 2006 by Rameses the Great

[Ursus]

And with all due respect to the Semitic languages, Latin doesn't sound like one is hacking up one's lungs ....

 

You guys ever see Branagh's "Henry V" where after the Battle of Agincourt they sing "Non Nobis Domine?" Beautiful.

 

Latin has long mystified this non-Catholic, and I think Ratzinger, whatever else may be said about him, is bringing the Church back to certain cultural and aesthetic roots. As a culturalist I'm all for it, and it's not even my religion.

[FLavius Valerius Constantinus]

Although Latin is still not spoken in American Churches, it is still dominant in the Catholic schools, especially Jesuit high schools, where we have very good Latin programs( also Greek too for some schools like mine).