Latin language in Church - do you like it?

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Latin language in Church - do you like it?

  1. I like it

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  2. I don't like it

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  3. I don't care

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  1. Lindis

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    Latin language in Church - do you like it?
     
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    Do you like it? :)
     
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    I you do not like the Latin language, why is that so?
     
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    It makes it sound more magestic and dignified than it would otherwise sound.
     
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    What is the point if nobody can understand it?
     
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    Nobody?
    Really nobody?
     
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    Not unless you can speak latin, which is not very many people,
     
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    From my experience:

    A Catholic Mass in Latin is never 100 per cent Latin.
    Only some fixed formulas, that are repeated - and that everybody understands then.

    The sermon and the songs are in the language of the country, of course.
     
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    Latin is not "spoken" in church - like a living language.
    Only some fixed formulas are used, that every half-way intelligent person understands after a while.
     
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    Why is any of it in latin? I don't see the purpose.
     
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    Tradition.
     
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    I can see it. :)
     
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    Well, hey, if you are getting something out of it, then by all means, enjoy it. I'm just curious what the actual purpose is. I was raised catholic, and the only time I went to a latin mass was when my grandmother took me to midnight mass for christmas. I never got anything out of it except having no idea what was being said when he was speaking latin.
     
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    That's all I can think of too. It used to be the church was against printing the bible in any language but latin as well. Just seems weird, like they are wanting only certain people to know what is really being said, and everybody els just had to take the church's word on what was said.
     
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    The spread of Christianity, I believe (?), was under the Romans. That's where I believe the 'tradition' sprouted.
     
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    It's a big developing issue in the Catholic Church.
    I see two sides to the issue.

    In my personal opinion they should probably have both. Maybe modify it for different churches with different preferences.
    For example, they could hold it in the language of the people 4 out of 5 times, and then in Latin 1 out of 5 times.

    Or have the Latin version at the 7:00 and then the regular language version at the 9:00 service.
    Maybe in some locations only carry out the Latin version on special occasions.
     
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    While I was attending Catholic church growing up, Latin masses were only held on Saturdays. The only time I ever went to those was on Christmas. I don't know if it is the same elsewhere.
     
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    I'm not a church goer, so it doesn't matter to me what language is used. However, is using Latin in the Catholic Church really any different that the common use of Early Modern English in Protestant churches?
     
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    It's beautiful. And a worthy way to save the language. I believe Mel Gibson is a member of a Catholic church that uses latin.
     
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    Pretending to be special is boring. Try a different routine.
     
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    You didn't think very well when making this poll. There are very few members here who are Catholic, so most people who marked the "I don't care" option have no connection to the Catholic Church. Rather you should have asked people to only vote for the "I don't care" option if they had any connection, present or past, to the Catholic Church, and other than that not vote in the poll unless they had an opinion for or against.
     
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    Personally, I like it for special occasions like Midnight Mass on Christmas. Otherwise, I think mass should be performed in the vernacular so everyone can understand it.
     
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    1. I like it - 2 votes

    2. I don't like it - one vote

    3. I don't care - 3 votes
     
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    Here is a Christmas song that mixes Latin and German :)
     
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    It's all Greek to me. :D
     

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