How do Catholics want to save anybody why do they keep speeking a dead language like Latin?

Question

They probably don't want anybody else to get saved but them. Since Catholics are the only ones who understand Latin, they wont be able to deceive anybody else but themselves. But I'm just worried about their salvation. That's the only reason I'm trying to find out why they beleive like they do, so I can help them understand the truth and get saved. Most people don't concern themselves with trying to help them. After american colonies began, people figured out that they could come to america and they didn't have to worry about Catholics trying to control the way they believe. Jesus himself didn't try to make people believe in him. Niether would Mary. Catholics think they really care about Mary. If they did, they wouldn't worship her. If Mary is in heaven already, she is probably wondering why they are asking her to pray for them, when they can pray to the Father themselves.

Answer 1

Yeah, Good question: Why would anyone ask someone who's dead to pray for them or intercede for them?
JESUS CHRIST is THE only intercessor for us- because HE is alive!
I ask my brothers and sisters in Christ that are alive to pray for and with me NOT anyone who's dead.
Neither do I pray for the dead.
Oh, by the way, Catholics DON"T save anyone- God does!

Answer 2

Firstly, Catholics don't try to "save" people with quite the vigor that many Protestants do. Certainly they hold services in places where they go to do good works, and people who attend Catholic school have to attend Catholic services, but in 20 years as a Catholic, I never heard one of them ask a stranger if s/he'd been "saved." :-)

Secondly, Catholics don't "keep speaking" in Latin--since Vatican II, in the 60's, Latin is mainly reserved for high mass and certain priestly prayers.

Thirdly, take the freaking plank out of your eye! You want to "help them understand the truth and get saved???" Who are you to a) think they aren't already saved, or b) think you understand the truth better than they do? You think only Catholics speak Latin!!! (People who've studied Medicine, Law, and Early Literature have *got* to find that one funny). You think the American Colonies were founded by people from the very Protestant England trying to escape *Catholic* control! You think, despite the answers of many Catholics here, that Catholics worship Mary and are all *lying* when they try to explain that they aren't.

Seriously. Stop worrying about the splinter in your brother's eye and start worrying about the plank in your own. Isn't that what YOUR Jesus said?

Answer 3

This just in: 1. The Catholic service has not been done in Latin since the early 1960's. 2. Catholics revere Mary, the mother of God, but do not worship her. 3. When the colonies were formed, yes, they did not have to subscribe to Catholic ideas, mostly because they were coming from a country that had been Protestant for 100 years. 4. Christians who believe that other Christians need further saving are no Christians at all. 5. Jesus said, "Judge not, lest ye be judged."

Answer 4

Yes, I agree with most of the answers given so far. To me, it was fascinating to be able to read what someone had written two thousand years ago in the original language, and I realised what an enormous amount of information would be lost if no one could understand such ancient writings. However, some of my classmates did occasionally recite the following poem: Latin is a language as dead as dead can be; first it killed the Romans, and now it's killing me!

Answer 5

Latin used to be the official langauge of the Roman empire, and by extension, the whole world. That's why the Church used it.

Today, the Catholic Church operates using the language of the people in each locality, although official documents are usually first rendered in Latin, for consistency.

I'm surprised a brilliant scholar like yourself didn't know that.

It's nice to see you're so knowledgeable about the Blessed Virgin, too.

Keep learning, and some day we'll help you learn to recite the "Hail Mary" prayer.

Answer 6

Are you serious? The Roman Catholic Church hasn't used Latin in its general Masses since Vatican II. Yes, there are occasional fragments that might come up (I can think of a local Catholic church that does its "Agnus Dei" in the original Latin), but on the whole, Mass is conducted in the predominant local language. In my area, Masses are held in English and in Spanish. But they're not held in Latin here, or in millions of Catholic parishes around the world. You might want to do a bit of research before posting.

Answer 7

+ Latin +

1.1 billion Catholics all over the world probably speak every known language including Latin.

Isn't it wonderful when over 1,000 bishops of the Church gather in Vatican City, they can communicate in one language all can understand?

+ Salvation +

Here is the joint declaration of justification by Catholics (1999), Lutherans (1999), and Methodists (2006):

By grace alone, in faith in Christ's saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping us and calling us to good works.

+ American Colonies +

At the time of the American colonies, Catholics were persecuted in England. British Catholics came to America and started the colony of Maryland.

+ Mary and the Saint +

Catholics do not worship Mary and the other saints.

Catholics share the belief in the Communion of Saints with many other Christians, including the Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Episcopal, and Methodist Churches.

The Communion of Saints is the belief where all saints are intimately related in the Body of Christ, a family. When you die and go to heaven, you do not leave this family.

Everyone in heaven or on their way to heaven are saints, you, me, my deceased grandmother, Mary the mother of Jesus, and Mother Teresa.

As part of this family, you may ask your family and friends living here on earth to pray for you. Or, you may also ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Andrew, or your deceased grandmother living in heaven to pray for you.

Prayer to saints in heaven is simple communication, not worship.

http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt3art9p5.htm#946

With love in Christ.

Answer 8

well until not so very long ago, hebrew was a dead language too. things change. you never know, maybe latin will make a return too.

Answer 9

why do catholics keep speaking a 'dead language of latin'?

same reason christians keep quoting a 'dead book of the past'.