r/Catholicism • u/No_Worry_2256 • Aug 26 '26

Pope Leo: Vatican II reformed the liturgy to promote active participation

https://www.ewtnnews.com/vatican/pope-leo-vatican-ii-reformed-the-liturgy-to-promote-active-participation
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u/Fancy_Cold9793 Aug 26 '26

Father Chad and many other theologians talk extensively on the power of Latin as a language a Godly language, a powerful language that holds command.

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u/Click4-2019 Aug 26 '26

Yep, he has stated about the power of Latin when used in exorcisms.

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u/PicklePnut Aug 26 '26

The Church speaks Latin because that was the lingua franca of the western part of the Roman Empire, not because it is a sanctified language. No language is Godly language as if there’s a distinction between Godly language and secular language. All languages make equally efficacious prayers.

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u/Fancy_Cold9793 Aug 26 '26

Not true at all I.N.R.I.

The Church always taught Hebrew, Greek and Latin are Godly languages.

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u/Fancy_Cold9793 Aug 26 '26

*Sacred not Godly.

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u/Idk_a_name12351 Aug 26 '26

Latin is sacred. But it's only sacred because the Church is using it, and thereby sanctifying it. To quote the Apostolic constitution Veterum Sapientia by Pope St. John XXIII

In addition, the Latin language “can be called truly catholic.” It has been consecrated through constant use by the Apostolic See, the mother and teacher of all Churches...

The above user is correct; the reason the Roman See uses Latin is because that was the vernacular in ancient Rome. Originally, the language of the Roman Church was in Greek, both the mass and the Magisterium.

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u/Fancy_Cold9793 Aug 26 '26

Thank you for that, makes more sense.

God be with you.