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To: ELS

Some say Jerome’s Latin wasn’t all that hot and that might be so but it is sure easy to read.


7 posted on 11/14/2007 4:55:48 PM PST by RightWhale (anti-razors are pro-life)
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My understanding was that the church fathers believed that the latin should be not as complicated as the classical, or more ancient, latin. A simpler latin was preferred because the scriptures themselves were “simple”. The claim that the medieval fathers weren’t very good with latin was all based in a misplaced educated snobbery of those who accused them, frankly.

At least, that was what I learned about it. Others may know more.


9 posted on 11/14/2007 5:46:13 PM PST by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publici scholae)
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