Praying in Latin has been part of Catholic life for almost 2, 000 years. Each Latin prayer, whether prayed in public worship, or in private contemplation, is saturated with the very rich history of the Catholic Church. The place of Latin prayer thus forms an intrinsic part of the deep and extensive patrimony that is Catholic Tradition. Latin Prayer. Aspects of Language and Catholic Spirituality explores a way of prayer, with a linguist’s eye and a Catholic heart, which, linguistically and spiritually, is steeped in this Tradition. It is hoped that those who know no Latin will be inspired by this book to learn it, and those who know it, and perhaps some, or all, of the prayers included here, to revisit it.
Table of Content
Abbreviations
Citations
Acknowledgements
I Introduction
II Nominative Prayer
III Vocative Prayer
IV Attributive Prayer
V Imperative Prayer
VI Transitive Prayer
VII Purposive Prayer
VIII Instrumental Prayer
IX Sociative Prayer
X Indicative Prayer
XI Subjunctive Prayer
XII Dispositional Prayer
XIII Experiential Prayer
XIV Afterword
Appendix: Accenting and Pronunciation
Bibliography: References
Bibliography: Liturgical Latin
About the author
David Birch retired in 2010 from a University career in Linguistics and Communication Studies. He initially trained as a Medievalist, completing an Honours dissertation on the language of the 14th Century English Mystics, and a DPhil on the polemical writings of St Thomas More. He now lives as eremitical a life as possible.
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