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A sacred language is typically vested with a solemnity and dignity that the vernacular lacks. Consequently, the training of clergy in the use of a sacred language becomes an important cultural investment, and their use of the tongue is perceived to give them access to a body of knowledge that untrained laypeople cannot (or should not) access.
The use of Latin in the Church started in the late fourth century [6] with the split of the Roman Empire after Emperor Theodosius in 395. Before this split, Greek was the primary language of the Church (the New Testament was written in Greek and the Septuagint – a Greek translation of the Hebrew bible – was in widespread use among both Christians and Hellenized Jews) as well as the ...
In the seventh century, there was a short-lived return to Greek liturgy, likely due to immigrants from the East, but Latin was soon reestablished as the Roman liturgical language. Over time, as vernacular languages drifted further from Latin, the use of Latin came to be understood in terms of its role as a sacred language. [1]
Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, is a large family of liturgical rites and uses of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church sui iuris of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language once dominated. Its language is now known as Ecclesiastical Latin.
Articles relating to sacred languages, languages that are cultivated and used primarily in religious service or for other religious reasons by people who speak another, primary language in their daily life.
In Latin poetry, a nemus is often a place conducive to poetic inspiration, and particularly in the Augustan period takes on a sacral aura. [355] Named nemora include: The nemus of Anna Perenna. [356] Nemus Caesarum, dedicated to the memory of Augustus's grandsons Gaius and Lucius. [357] The nemus Aricinum sacred to Diana, Egeria and Virbius.
Sacred language: a language used for sacred purposes, not in common use, and tending to be quite stable over centuries or millennia. In the modern core Anglosphere nations, English is typically the vernacular, the official language, and a lingua franca , though (especially for Protestants) there is no sacred language.
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