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To: SampleMan
>> I simply stated that Latin was originally the default, due to its universal nature <<

And post #14 demonstrated that was not the case. Greek was originally the "default" language for the Christian world. Latin was adapted universally centuries later, and only by the western world (eastern Christians continued to use Greek)

50 posted on 06/26/2014 10:28:21 AM PDT by BillyBoy (Looking at the weather lately, I could really use some 'global warming' right now!)
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To: BillyBoy
And post #14 demonstrated that was not the case. Greek was originally the "default" language for the Christian world. Latin was adapted universally centuries later, and only by the western world (eastern Christians continued to use Greek)

Semantic much?

"Latin was originally the default..." has a different meaning than than "Latin was the original default...". As you didn't catch it, the first time you pick something is the original time you picked it. It matters not how many other items you picked before it. E.g. "I originally picked the blue sweater, because it was the warmest." does not indicate that the blue sweater was my first pick, but rather that my first reason for picking it was warmth. Same with Latin. When it was originally picked, it was due to its universal nature.

You are picking around the edges of this thread and coming up with some very weak to nonexistent gotchas. If you would like to take part in the thread, the discussion revolves around whether Latin Mass is beneficial or not.

54 posted on 06/26/2014 10:48:53 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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