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To: saintgermaine
Well lets face it, Latin is not the easiest language to learn. That’s just a hunch of mine.

There's no need for anyone in the congregation to learn Latin; the entire text of the Mass for every day in the year is available in side-by-side translation. That's what a "missal" does. Of course, you learn bits and pieces anyway; it's part of an authentically traditional Catholic culture.

Latin itself is not very hard to learn, compared to a modern living language like German, Spanish, or (one of the worst!) English. The grammar mostly memorizing a lot of rules, which have few-to-no exceptions. (Unlike English ... if the superlative of "full" is "fullest," why isn't the superlative of "good" "goodest," or the superlative of beautiful "beautifullest"? Yeah, hard to learn ...)

20 posted on 11/11/2021 8:38:19 AM PST by Campion (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
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To: Campion

My thoughts were not so much about the congregation as I doubt that there are very many interested enough in learning Latin to begin with. But I was thinking about the ones with the intentions of becoming a priest and having to learn Latin.


23 posted on 11/11/2021 9:18:37 AM PST by saintgermaine (Saintgermain the time traveler)
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