Or perhaps 'demurs'.Aurifex dixit:Retards, perhaps.
Or perhaps 'demurs'.Aurifex dixit:Retards, perhaps.
My understanding was that this transitive meaning was now obsolete.Or perhaps 'demurs'.
Odd then that he speaks it in The Exorcist and Father Karras exorcises using English.Yes, the devil may hate the sound of Latin.
ROFLMaharg Mocsnarb
By the way, one of the benefits of studying Latin (the language) is that you won't get confused with Latin America.
Odd then that he speaks it in The Exorcist and Father Karras exorcises using English.
You'd think the director might have wanted to have the priest say the exorcism in Latin rather than English to suggest his authority over the demon. But maybe the director wasn't too hot at Latin at school or something, and he wanted to tell everyone what a diabolical language he thought it was.I think Father Karras' attempts in English are a bit of poetic licence on the part of the author/director. The English translation of the Rite of Exorcism didn't exist at that time. It was the last of the rites to be revised following Vatican II, and the approved English translation is very recent.
LOL.and he wanted to tell everyone what a diabolical language he thought it was.
Latin seemed generally in decline in the '70s, and probably before that.
Terry S., what are your thoughts (being a Catholic) on the effectiveness of prayers in Latin versus English (or other vernaculars)?
In the States Latin never was a university entrance requirement at most if not all institutions,