教會拉丁語()是天主教會活動所用的說教式拉丁語。作為為了用傳統語言傳教而發展起來的晚期拉丁語、武加大聖經的編著語言,並用於傳教及教廷彌撒等宗教活動而頗具宗教色彩。如同阿奎那的神學大全及教宗若望·保祿二世的聖諭信仰與理性(Fides et Ratio)所用語言般,它經過人工改造而具有簡化的語法與詞彙。其風格也多有出入,在古代晚期及中世紀早期多取決於教徒或作者,而在當代行文佔了主導地位。另外,在語音方面,它大多採用意大利語的拼讀規則,而並不襲承仿古式發音。綜上,它與古典拉丁語有着較大的差異。
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參考文獻
- The New Missal Latin by Edmund J. Baumeister, S.M., Ph.D. Published by St. Mary's Publishing Company, P.O. Box 134, St. Mary's, KS 66536-0134, USA
*A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin by John F. Collins, (, 1985) ISBN 0-8132-0667-7. A learner's first textbook, comparable in style, layout, and coverage to **', but featuring text selections from the liturgy and the Vulgate: unlike Wheelock, it also contains translation and composition exercises.
- (a course in ecclesiastical Latin).
外部連結
拉丁語及天主教會
- ([https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_xxiii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_j-xxiii_apc_19620222_veterum-sapientia_lt.html in Latin here] )
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