The Litera Florentina of Justinian's Digest

The Litera Florentina, of Justinian's Digest, written in the fourth decades of the sixth century, contains 907 leaves, and hundreds of thousands of words. This one ms contains by itself as much Latin as all surviving Latin literature from before 100 AD. pic.twitter.com/a4GUiahIpQ

— Transmission of the Latin Classics (@OxGTLC) August 24, 2021

Psalm 51

Psalm 51 in Latin
Chant of the Mystics

Pro-tip: Dim the lights in your room, calm your mind and heart, listen, and pray. https://t.co/rmGMrX696R

— Andrew Youssef|Ανδρέας Ιωσήφ (@AndrewNAYoussef) August 21, 2021

Does the Patriarchate of Rome Still Need Latin?

Traditionis Custodes vs. St John XXIII: Guest Article by Dr Nancy Llewellyn https://t.co/jPYih9Rojh pic.twitter.com/OTKmFafwNU

— NLM (@NLMblog) July 29, 2021

What About the Loss of Greek as the Language of the Church?

Very interesting about Muratori. On the other hand the loss of Latin as the language of the Church has created a harmful discontinuity in the Catholic tradition. It encourages other kinds of innovation and leads to a loss of theological concord. https://t.co/sXHS94mChf

— eburke (@JamesWHankins1) July 20, 2021

The theological divide between the Latins and the Greeks could have been avoided if the Latins had just retained Greek. Instead, they chose not to act as adults and communicate with charity in spite of linguistic differences, although the Greeks probably had the better of the argument.

The Burial of Fr. Reginald

On Thursday, January 21, due to COVID restrictions, Reginald Foster was buried in a private ceremony, later broadcast on video. John Kuhner captures some of what the video camera could not in this personal account of the event. https://t.co/wrsj0SJRv0

— Paideia Institute (@Paideiainstitut) January 28, 2021

On the Consolation of Philosophy

In celebration of the feast day of #Boethius (23 Oct), explore the beautiful 11th-Century settings of his most influential work, On the Consolation of Philosophy, reconstructed by @DrSamBarrett1 at @Cambridge_Uni https://t.co/L35UdcDeKU #OTD #OnThisDay @CamDigLib @CamDigHum pic.twitter.com/ReUcBzrqL3

— Cambridge Uni Music (@CamUniMusic) October 23, 2020

A Useful Reference

Cappelli's dictionary of medieval Latin abbreviations is now a search engine on @Twittfontes: https://t.co/9pbm1y3hCr

— Anna Dorofeeva (@LitteraCarolina) August 24, 2020

Cappelli Online

Etymology as Philosophy

A wonderful figura etymologica. And one with an interesting history... https://t.co/H0oFlNeGCo

— Flavius Clemens Grammaticus (@flaviusclemens) August 6, 2020

the whole thread

With Latin in the Service of the Popes

Fr. Z: GREAT BOOK: With Latin in the Service of the Popes: The Memoirs of Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1885?1971)



Rorate Caeli

In Praise of the Tridentine Mass and of Latin, Language of the Church

Fr. Z: BOOK: In Praise of the Tridentine Mass and of Latin, Language of the Church

Latin, Language of the Patriarchate of Rome
or
Latin, Language of the Latin Churches

Such corrections are still necessary until Latins get away from their narrow pov.

Stuff for St. Martin of Tours

Fr. Z: “HEY! Wait for me!” Latin of change to CCC 2267 about capital punishment now available.

A Setting of Psalm 116 by Henri de Villiers

Orthodox Choir of Monastery Kovilj

"Orthodox Latin-Greek Western Rite Chant" - I don't think the Latin comes in until after a minute or so...

Roman Legalism

Fr. Hunwicke: Christine Mohrmann (4)

The ancient Romans were very legalistically minded. When they prayed to the Gods, they did their best to ensure that they covered everything; that they addressed the Gods by the right titles (and all of them) so that they could be assured that they were heard; that they asked for everything that they required so that an accidental omission would not frustrate their petitions. Christine Mohrmann showed that there is more than a little of this attitude in the prayers which comprise the Roman Rite of the ancient Latin Church.

Philology Institute Summer Courses

Drop the Filioque From Liturgical Use

I actually agree with this. Either procedit should be limited to being equivalent to ἐκπορευόμενον (drawn from scripture), or it should be admitted that the Latin translation is not 100% accurate, if procedit is equivalent to προϊέναι. Should the translations of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed be 100% faithful to the original Greek. Should that be a matter of discussion for a reunion council?

Pray Tell: What to Do With the Filioque
Posted by Liborius Lumma
The filioque debate is a well known ecumenical issue. I give my ideas for a viable solution, mainly with regard to the liturgy.

Fr. Reginald

Is it integral to monastic or religious life as such?

the use of liturgical texts in Greek, Latin, Church Slavonic,or Syriac/Aramaic? How much of Coptic is intelligible to the average Coptic Christian?

Is it the case that the use of such languages is not essential to monastic life and to most forms of religious life -- except those religious communities that seek to specialize in learning Greek/Latin/etc. for the sake of study, knowing the roots of their theological tradition, and theological dialogue. Indeed, to have certain orders or religious houses dedicated to the study of important texts in their original languages would be of great service to the Church, I would think. For them, to be so familiar with the language that they are able to pray (and converse) in those languages would be an ideal standard, and this could be a component of their identity or charism.

Chastisement

With all our wealth and leisure, shouldn't we expect Latin clergy to be more knowledgeable in the "sacred languages" (and the Church Fathers) than their medieval predecessors. And yet most seminaries have no requirement for Latin or Greek (much less, Hebrew and Aramaic). What good is all of the economic advantages that the Western world has?

PhD programs still expect doctoral students to be trained to read texts in their original languages. Why shouldn't a more sizable number of Latin clergy be able to do so with respect to sacred scripture and the documents of the Church and the writings of the Church Fathers? Should we take the lack of standards as evidence of God's judgment?