So, then, the Church should actually abandon Latin for Aramaic and/or Hebrew?? Sorry, but THAT just won't wash. At SOME point, the dogma HAS to be translated accurately into the local vernacular in order to explain the faith to potential converts.
Otherwise, the FIRST thing the RC church would have to do would be to teach Latin classes.
"Sorry, but THAT just won't wash. At SOME point, the dogma HAS to be translated accurately into the local vernacular in order to explain the faith to potential converts."
"Otherwise, the FIRST thing the RC church would have to do would be to teach Latin classes."
Really? Prior to Vatican II, in the U.S., there were 150,000 conversions per year. Now, there are 60,000. Doesn't look like removing Latin from the liturgy has really helped that one. Read "Index of Leading Catholic Indicators."
The Mass embodies the truths of the Faith. Every Latin Mass had Latin/English missals with ACCURATE translations. The people knew their parts of the Mass "in Latin." It is a principle called "repetitio est mater studiorum," and I am certain you can understand what that means, even if you don't understand Latin.
Your argument, especially in an issue that does not concern your Church, about Hebrew and Aramaic is silly. Neither of those languages were ever adapted as the official language of the Church. Latin was. Latin is. Latin will be forever.
Una Voce. You don't want to consider a real answer. You just want to argue. Have your opinions all you want, but since you are not Catholic, I wander why you really even care.