Ecclesiastical Latin
Donald P. Goodman
Latin has long served not only as a tool of the Church,
but as the guardian of her treasures; not merely a guardian
of her treasures, but also as a guardian of the guardians.
Philosophy, theology, even logic itself served to protect
the Desposit of Faith that Christ has entrusted to His
Church; but Latin stood to protect philosophy, theology, and
logic.
Though in recent decades one might be forgiven for
thinking that this powerful guardian had been abandoned by
the Church, its importance has never been more pronounced.
The Church's riches, given to her by Christ, have never and
can never go anywhere; but it is our lot, our task, to
protect them, and to pass them down as they have been passed
to us. What better tool to protect the Faith than the
language we have relied upon to protect it already, for so
long?
Learn to understand this language, at least a little, and
you are opening to yourself the great riches of Christian
civilization, and making yourself one of those great
guardians.
Laudetur Jesus Christus!
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