Explain the logic behind the Pope returning the Mass to Latin?

Question

If the purpose of religion is to reveal G-d, & the listener does not speak the language of the Mass; what is the point?

Not all Christians speak Latin. How would they understand?

Answer 1

I am a Christian, and I do not see the point to it. If they really want to go back to traditional language of God, speak in Hebrew, as from ancient days, or in Greek or Aramaic from the days of Jesus. Yet, if we are to unederstand what is being said and we are to learn, we need to understand so that the purpose can be served.

Answer 2

Pastor Billy says: you've completely misrepresented some events that you've over heard elsewhere. Besides why would you be interested you're not a Catholic Christian sawyer?

The fact is the entire Latin Mass is not recited in Latin, fact two I feel I belong to a generation that has been cheated of it's holiest worship.

The contradiction is really this, some Christians make excuses for the learning of Hebrew, they even have a gross fascination of everything Jewish such as above as sawyer using the title G-d, yet they distaste everything of ancient Christianity even the usage of Latin which was used as the vernacular with some Greek in Western Christianity.

I say knowing alittle bit of another language never does any harm. You sawyer need to learn more about the Mass before being so critical I'm sorry to say but even with the use of English and other modern languages non-catholic missionaries are spreading confusion not understanding.

Answer 3

Plants wouldn't have a critical apprehensive approach, or any type of apprehensive approach. They have 0 realization, so they've 0 capability to suppose something, adding pleasure and soreness. They do not harm while you consume them, there is not any soreness concerned. Animals, alternatively, do have a critical apprehensive approach. They have brains as good. They are sentient beings, that means that if you happen to reduce them, they bleed and suppose it and it hurts. If you kill them, they undergo. Even if you happen to preserve them for milk and eggs, they undergo. Why? Because dairy and eggs come from manufacturing facility farms, which deal with the animals with surely no compassion whatever. To the farmers, they aren't fellow creatures, however commidoties, and not anything extra. There is not any veterinary care, they reside of their possess shitt, they are overcrowded - such a lot in order that chickens are not able to even unfold one wing, they get infections because of farm dwelling and no longer gift in feral (unfastened) animals, soooo many cruelties those deficient creatures suffer, and for what? For benefit, natural and realistic. Sure, we now have dominion over animals, however that does not imply we have got to deal with them so cruelly. Instead, that signifies that when you consider that we are essentially the most robust creatures, we now have the duty to and to protect the entire different creatures, significant and small. So, killing a plant to consume is satisfactory, under no circumstances merciless. Killing an animal isn't satisfactory, and really merciless.

Answer 4

Jerome was a hell of a translator. His Latin is damn near word for word the Koine, and his OT is considered some of the best translation from the Hebrew.

How often have you seen Christians who didn't understand the Bible post nonsense here?

By returning it to Latin, he hopes to get some contol over the Catholics who spout nonsense about what's in their Bible, too.

There is nothing wrong with Latin.

Of course, I say that as a person who could walk into Augustan Rome and do just fine, rofl.

Answer 5

Yhe pope is not returning the mass to Latin. He's is saying
"welcome back'" for a group who left the chruch in protest of the change when it went into effect at the communical counsel
in the 1960's.
the mass for Roman Catholics still remains the same.

Answer 6

There is no logic to any of that so your question is moot. However, the real reason is the same as why Roman numerals were used for years to denote copyright dates in Hollywood movies. The idea was that most people would have no idea what the numbers meant ( such as MCMLXXIV) and would get the impression that the movies were older than they actually were.

I suspect the Pope is going back to Latin so most people would not be able to understand then pendantic drivel that is spewed during mass.

If the words were: "And the Lord crept behind a bush and peed" it does not sound as good as "ergo sum dipsit qando facto pissium de."

Answer 7

The Mass can be celebrated in any language. The use of Latin was never banned by the Church.

Peace and blessings!

Answer 8

Maybe he's a traditionalist? And Latin sounds cool. If ppl want to find out what he's saying, I guess they look it up --that is, providing the Pope does not decree a mass burning of translated editions of the Bible...

Answer 9

Latin is the language of the Church and no matter where a Christian goes in the world if it were in Latin it would be understood instead of thousands of different languages like the tower of Babel.

In Christ
Fr. Joseph

Answer 10

Not all masses have to be said in Latin. Only a specific one.