2007-03-20 11:53:14 · 4 answers · asked by Kelso 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Many, if not all of the texts available to the church were in latin. Latin was the language of the Roman Empire. Educated people (for example, the clergy) were expected to know Latin. The Bible was in latin and the services that people attended were in Latin.
2007-03-20 12:01:16 · answer #1 · answered by MTSU history student 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the time, the church was very influential in people's lives, and Latin was the language of the church and was considered the universal language. Until the dawn of the 20th Century when education became more universal, any well-educated person was well versed in and had studied Latin and Greek.
2007-03-20 19:27:48 · answer #2 · answered by No one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Church did EVERYTHING in Latin until Vatican II congregated in the 20th century.
2007-03-21 01:00:54 · answer #3 · answered by chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was the official language of Rome, where the vatican was built--well, it's Vatican City, a separate country within Rome, but you know what I mean.
2007-03-20 19:03:41 · answer #4 · answered by beez 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋