... oops Jesus spoke also Old Hebrew.
What is the most important language for Catholic people?
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It depends. If you have to pick one, I'd say Spanish, because most practicing Catholics, as far as I can tell, are in South and Central America.
<< Why wouldn't Jesus speak Hebrew as well? >>
-- Because Hebrew was a dead language by then. But certainly he could read at least a little bit of it.
Jesus spoke Aramaic and most probably knew some Greek since it was the default lingua franca in the whole Eastern Mediterranean area.
I sincerely doubt he spoke any Latin.
Latin never made it in the parts of Roman Empire where Greek was previously there. Even in Italy, Naples was still entirely Greek speaking at the time the competing Latin city nearby (Pompei) was destroyed.
-- Because Hebrew was a dead language by then. But certainly he could read at least a little bit of it.
Jesus spoke Aramaic and most probably knew some Greek since it was the default lingua franca in the whole Eastern Mediterranean area.
I sincerely doubt he spoke any Latin.
Latin never made it in the parts of Roman Empire where Greek was previously there. Even in Italy, Naples was still entirely Greek speaking at the time the competing Latin city nearby (Pompei) was destroyed.
Clearly, the ancient languages in which the Bible was written! What else?
Btw, does God speak Polari?
Btw, does God speak Polari?
I know that Mel Gibson did the film (never saw it) about the passion of the Christ and I believe they used a kind of Aramaic, but if Christ taught in the temple at the age of twelve and astounded those there, then I wouldn't be surprised if he spoke Hebrew and was able to explain the scriptures in detail, but then one would wonder how he KNEW this given his background.
The most important language for Catholic people is their own language, duh. It means nothing to me if there are more Spanish or Portuguese believers.
For "Guest" that write English,
Could you put your neurons to work and give us a convincing argument? English-speaking countries have nothing to do in the world Catholic.
Could you put your neurons to work and give us a convincing argument? English-speaking countries have nothing to do in the world Catholic.
English is the most important language to the Catholic people.
Next to Latin perhaps, but Latin, at least the classical one used in liturgies is "dead", and modern Catholics are split up into many different languages. English is de facto the lingua franca of today, this also holds true for the Catholics.
Next to Latin perhaps, but Latin, at least the classical one used in liturgies is "dead", and modern Catholics are split up into many different languages. English is de facto the lingua franca of today, this also holds true for the Catholics.
English actually is the lingua franca for Catholics.
Welcome to the 21st century. ;)
Welcome to the 21st century. ;)
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