[Syncro]

Would not, then, the words of Our Lord have first been preserved in Hebrew or Aramaic?

I think it is Latin. Which I imagine is why the Catholic bible is written in that language.

[RobbyS]

Latin was the popular tongue of the Roman Church. The Scriptures were translated into Latin in the 2rd century.Jerome was tasked by the pope to do a better version in the late 4th century. This was the Vulgate which is still the official version of the Roman Church.