[George W. Bush]

There are not "two primary causes" of the Holy Spirit, because all that the Son has is from the Father, who is the sole cause in the Trinity. So the Son's participation in the procession of the Holy Spirit stems from His consubstantiality with the Father.

It seems to me that you have a far more accommodating view on this matter than your church does. This controversy has not lasted this long if the Roman authorities held this view in the way you do. Or so it would seem.

As to Christ and His Disciples - they spoke both Latin and Greek as well as Hebrew and Aramaic, as near as I can tell.

Can you assemble any evidence that they did? Sounds like wishful thinking to me. Fluency in four languages is not an entirely casual matter, especially for people who were as busy as they were. I'd grant that Paul spoke Greek. I don't know that I'd go much further on the lingualism of Jesus and His disciples. Can you prove from scripture that any of them spoke Latin, for instance?

[Hermann the Cherusker]

I think you'll grant Christ spoke Hebrew and Aramaic without any further proof.

Evidence that Christ spoke Latin - he spoke in private with Pilate without an interpreter. It would have been highly unusual for Pilate to speak Hebrew or Aramaic. He also spoke directly to the Centurion with the sick boy, who would probably have known only Latin, since the Legions were then raised among the Italians only. He also spoke directly to the Greeks who came to see him near the end of his ministry, and preached in the Decapolis.

For St. Peter and St. Paul, we again see them speaking directly to members of the governing authority, such as Cornelius the Centurion, or Paul's missionary trip to Spain, as evidence they would have known Latin. Whether or not they had known it prior to Pentecost, when they received the gift of tongues, is an open question. Similarly, St. Thomas must have either learned or been gifted with the knowledge of Sanskrit, so that he could preach in India.