You are threatened by a common Latin phrase and the text which has been used over and over again in music?
So what about Amicus Curae? Nota bene? Antebellum?
Venie Vidi Vici? Q.E.D? Ad Hoc? Habeas Corpus? Per Annum? Subpoena Duces Tecum? Semper Fi? E Pluribus Unum? Common enough phrases that they should be recognized even outside of their usual context.
Do you object to B.I.D ro T.I.D. or N.P.O orders from your doctor? Twice a day, three times a day, nothing by mouth.
Are the following o.k.? Christus Rex, Dominus Iesus, IESUS NAZARENUS REX IUDAEORUM, Sanctus. Is the wonderful hymn of Psalm 115 no longer permitted to be sung in Latin? “Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam” Yeah I can see us Catholics are real haughty for knowing the terms for Christ the King. Lord Jesus. Jesus of Nazareth King of The Jews. Holy. Not to us Lord, not to us, but to your name all the glory.
Knowing a few secular and church Latin phrases is not haughty. It sure as heck ain’t snobbish. I accept it as a common sign of basic education in Western thought. Crap I feel deprived that I don’t know Latin. School boys and girls used to read Virgil in the original as a matter of course. Grammar school. The founding fathers enjoyed a Classical education. Were the haughty? Elitist?
I honestly can not believe that this matter is such an issue to some. Please let the courts now so they stop using Latin ASAP.
I didn’t say anything about being or feeling threatened.
That’s NOT the issue.
I gather my words did not make sense with the RC DAFFYNITIONARY daffynitions mentality reading them.
Nobody is saying anything about COMMON foreign phrases.
Even the RM said if they’ve COMMON, they don’t need to be translated.
Beyond what is encountered by everyday people, what may be *common* for Catholics is not necessarily common for the rest of the world.
As I told you before, this came about because of exorcism prayers being posted IN LATIN to and against other FReepers BY CATHOLICS.
They made their bed, now they all have to lie in it.
If you disagree with the decision, take it up with the mods, not the people who are simply requesting that EVERYONE adhere to the RF guidelines. I have no doubt that if a non-Catholic posted something in a foreign language, that the Catholics would be equally quick to correct them as well, just as they do whenever their tender sensibilities get hurt and they ping the mods because they THINK someone might have perhaps made something personal.