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the Latin language in church services

What do you think of it?

  • I like it

    Votes: 4 44.4%

  • I do not like it

    Votes: 1 11.1%

  • I do not care for it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I like to sing it

    Votes: 2 22.2%

  • I like to hear it sung

    Votes: 2 22.2%

  • I understand it

    Votes: 1 11.1%

  • I understand nothing of it

    Votes: 1 11.1%

  • I like its tradition

    Votes: 2 22.2%

  • I like the Gregorian chant

    Votes: 3 33.3%

  • some other opinion

    Votes: 2 22.2%
  • Total voters
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the Latin language in church services

What do you think of it?
 
I've never been to a church where Latin was spoken or sung.
 
I love hearing it sung.

 
I think I forgot one option: "I hate it because it is a Catholic thing!" :lol:
I suppose those pious Bible Christians would say so. :cool:
 
Rumpel said:
I think I forgot one option: "I hate it because it is a Catholic thing!" :lol:
I suppose those pious Bible Christians would say so. :cool:
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:roll:

Once again showing your very low opinion of anyone who isn't a Catholic.
 
Rumpel said:
the Latin language in church services

What do you think of it?
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Doesn't mean much to me either way, I don't go to church but I've got aunts who figure the church started going to hell in a handbasket when they stopped saying Mass in Latin. Seems to represent a connection to the past that people want. Or need.
 
It would be like listening to someone speak in tongues...it's useless...
 
I think everyone should be able to understand what their pastor is saying.

And 99.9% of churches around the world agree with me.
 
Rumpel said:
Well - so you do not know what you are missing. :)
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I've been part of choral groups where we have sung in Latin. I assume I would like hearing it in church too.

Have you ever been in a building with 5,000 people singing hymns acapella with 5-part harmony?
 
Theme song from a show I'm watching

 
Josie said:
I've never been to a church where Latin was spoken or sung.
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The great chorales always sing "Requiems," which is how I learned what little Latin I know. Here is the most beautiful "Agnus Dei" ("Lamb of God") ever written, IMO, and you may recognize it because it was part of Princess Diana's funeral:

 
A lovely "Sanctus" ("Holy, Holy, Holy") by Durefle:

 
Elvira said:
It would be like listening to someone speak in tongues...it's useless...
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That depends. You have to consider that the musuc was composed to be sung in Latin. That makes a tremendous difference in the music itself. Translations are readily available. Besides, an awful lot of choral music loses it's alure when translated and performed in other languages. Having to use a phrase in place of a single word in a choral translation can flat out ruin a piece.
 
nota bene said:
The great chorales always sing "Requiems," which is how I learned what little Latin I know. Here is the most beautiful "Agnus Dei" ("Lamb of God") ever written, IMO, and you may recognize it because it was part of Princess Diana's funeral:

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I've sung that before. Beautiful.

I'm more on this side of worship songs, in general:



But grew up with this kind in terms of church services:

 
Rumpel said:
the Latin language in church services

What do you think of it?
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Are there churches in Germany that conduct services in Latin nowadays?

It's been a long time since I went to a Catholic Mass, but it all changed...at least in the US...before I stopped attending. I can remember when we had "folk" Masses.

Anyway, I never studied Latin, but as an Altar Boy I had to recite Latin phrases...and my Priest ensured that I knew what I was saying. I didn't particularly like it nor dislike it. It was the way things were.


btw, that stuff came in handy later in my life. I started playing MMORPG's in the early 2000's. Those games have the ability to create guilds/clans. My go-to character name across many games has been "Gloryah" and every guild I created has been "In Excelsis". But, since I didn't want to come across as religious, I always left off the "Deo" Interestingly enough, the only other player who ever commented to me about my character name/guild name was a German fellow.
 
And as we approach Holy Week:

Libera me, Domine, de morte æterna, Free me, Lord, from eternal death,
in die illa tremenda, in die illa. on that terrible day, on that day.
Quando cœli movendi sunt, When the skies are to be moved,
quando cœli movendi sunt et terra. when the skies are to be moved, and the earth.
Dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem. As you'll come to judge the aeon/world by fire.
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humbolt said:
That depends. You have to consider that the musuc was composed to be sung in Latin. That makes a tremendous difference in the music itself. Translations are readily available. Besides, an awful lot of choral music loses it's alure when translated and performed in other languages. Having to use a phrase in place of a single word in a choral translation can flat out ruin a piece.
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I would think the music would be more appealing than a sermon...
 
Elvira said:
I would think the music would be more appealing than a sermon...
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What is the music like in JW church service? Do you sing? Instruments? Traditional hymns or something else?
 
Josie said:
What is the music like in JW church service? Do you sing? Instruments? Traditional hymns or something else?
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We have our own songs about Jehovah God, Jesus Christ, and the kingdom that we sing...usually one to open the meeting before the opening prayer, one at the middle and one before the closing prayer...a sample...





 
Elvira said:
We have our own songs about Jehovah God, Jesus Christ, and the kingdom that we sing...usually one to open the meeting before the opening prayer, one at the middle and one before the closing prayer...a sample...
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Do you have instruments? If so, which ones?
 
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