As a catholic growing up in Nigeria, i am always confused when the pastors changes from my native language which is Igbo to Latin. Only few people would understand what he was saying and would reply back to him. I thought it to be a waste of time for a pastor to use a language that only few people in the church would understand. Imagine a church service with 1500 people. Only 250 people would response back to the pastor in Latin and the rest are silent. I don't know why the current pope is trying to bring back the Latin mass which is outrageous .Shouldn’t church service be in a language were people can understand it like English or in native language like Igbo , Spanish etc. By making Latin official would draw many people away from the church and maybe another reformation would take place again.
2006-12-27 04:14:32 · 5 answers · asked by WEEDG 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The second Vitcan chnaged that almot 40 years ago to any languange people would understand. pope john paul 2 refused to bring back the latin mass when some church officals presured him to bring it back
2006-12-27 04:23:30 · update #1
The Catholic Faith is so rich that there are many ways of expressing it. The way that the Church has been celebrating Mass for the past forty years or so is fine, but remember that the Church did not begin with Vatican II in 1962. Do you think that it's a good idea to just throw into the garbage some 1900 years of Catholic Tradition before Vatican II? That is not what the Council wanted. The Church is Guardian of the Sacred Deposit of Faith, which includes the Sacred Traditions of the past. She moves on, but She does not throw out the past in doing so.
I hope this helps you.
2006-12-28 04:35:03 · answer #1 · answered by uiogdpm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree, my church is multicultural, so when we have special services like Christmas or Easter mass they speak in English, Spanish and French-It's nice that they want to incorporate other people languages into the mass. Before the bible was written in Latin and when it started begin printed in other languages its was so everyone could understand what is in the bible. Going back to Latin-a died language that many do not understand it will make the church lose more people. I guess the pope is trying to go back to the old ways-but he said that is up to the archdiocese to decide if the services will be in Latin or whatever language people speak.
2006-12-27 12:18:19 · answer #2 · answered by Annie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pope St. Pius V codified the Latin Mass in 1570 with "Quo Primum." This means that only the Latin Mass is the official Mass for the Church. Any changes to this will result in "the wrath of Almighty God and of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul."
The church I attend uses the Latin Mass every day. We have a missal to help translate what is being said.
2006-12-27 12:20:42 · answer #3 · answered by geglefty 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The thing is that Latin was always the official language for Catholicism. But now that Latin is a dead language it is not taken seriously or learned anymore. I think the pope is trying to make people have a better feel for the church so more people will come back again. Maybe church is too modern.
2006-12-27 12:20:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The pope is NOT trying to take away Mass celebrated in the vernacular. The proposed change would make Mass celebrated according to the 1962 books more widely available for those who desire it. Rest assured, very little will change. 99.9% of Masses will still be exactly what you are used it. It is highly unlikely the average Catholic will be affected in any way by this.
2006-12-28 05:31:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋