Negative Space: Latin in the Catholic Mass
- Agnus Dei: Latin in the Catholic Mass
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Latin is fundamental to understanding Catholic Mass, scientific terminology, and the terminology of many other professions. It underlays so much of how we speak and what we speak about.
- Latin in the Mass: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord
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The Sanctus, in Latin, contains two words borrowed from Hebrew. Even the English translation keeps one of them, because the original is difficult to fully translate.
- Mysterium Fidei: Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine
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Latin in the Catholic Mass II: The Mysterium Fidei, or Mortem Tuam, is one of the shortest bits of Latin in a partly Latin Mass. It highlights some interesting features of Latin and how it translates to English.
