Vulgate

• Anivisual

  2 Mar 10, 15:38

  Hi guys, I'm presently neither Catholic nor Christian, and do not forsee myself becoming one in the forseeable future. However, ever since I've started learning Latin as a hobby, the Vulgate, written in Latin (albeit horrendous, so I've heard.) and esteemed by the Catholic Church as the canonical text for centuries, seems to me to be a good way to practice my reading and comprehension of Latin in a natural way. Does anybody know where I can get a cheap copy of this Latin Bible?

• spidey3

  2 Mar 10, 15:44

  how or where do you go to learn Latin?

• Anivisual

  2 Mar 10, 15:50

  I self-study. I've bought this wonderful introduction called Wheelock's Latin, and the autodidact (person who teaches self) has access to the teacher's materials and answer keys online, which makes it all the more wonderful. In addition, I have bought the Oxford Latin Pocket Dictionary and the Oxford Latin Grammar, and between these three books, studying and writing in Latin becomes a smooth procedre. However, since it is a mostly dead language and not in common use (except on the Latin Wikipedia!), the motivation for learning Latin can often slip away.

• dumbdumb!

  2 Mar 10, 18:06

  hmm. if you really want to go old school, might as well learn hebrew. =)

• dadeadman1337

  2 Mar 10, 20:14

  Latin doesn't really serve a practical purpose nowadays

• Anivisual

  3 Mar 10, 00:59

  It doesn't, except for the purpose of reading classical literature in its native tongue. Or for acquiring a familiarity with the Romance languages, or learning the origin of English words with Latin origin. There are Latin works by very wise authors whom I admire a lot, like Cicero and Senaca. Cicero's works have been greatly admired by Christians for years, who, throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance have lamented that he was a pagan. And of course, Vergil, whose poetry cannot simple be translated into English without molestation of its beauty. Even as a dead language, I believe that learning Latin is a good investment.
• Toogood

  3 Mar 10, 19:32

  hi here are a few simple ones..

   

  pax  .. peace

   

  pax christi.. peace of christ..

  ora pro nobis.. pray for us..

   

  viva la papa.. long live the pope..

  paster nostra  .. Our father in latin..

   

  hope that helps..

  i'm catholic.. so i learn a bit from the hymns here and there..

   

  cheers