For a tattoo: warrior of Christ

[davlac]

I'm planning to get a tattoo and if somebody could translate this for me it would be very nice.

Warrior of God

Warrior of Christ

Thanks for your help.

 

[Akela]

bellator dei
bellator christi

Just my translation, all right? There is a chance that ecclesiastical Latin has commonly used expressions to say the above, but I am not familiar with them. The grammar is right though

Where will the tattoo go?

 

[Akela]

bellator is masculine. If you need a feminine version, let me know.

 

[davlac]

I'm plannig to get the tattoo on my chest. I don't know where I could get the ecclesiastical version maybe you could help me. With what sort of latin you translated those sentences i gave to you?

Thank you

 

[jaffa]

miles Christi

soldier of Christ: II Timothy 2:3

 

[davlac]

just to be sure, miles Christi mean soldier of chris in ecclesiastical latin.

 

[jaffa]

It means soldier of Christ in Latin - (ecclesiastical Latin is the same language with a few different words and pronunciations but basically the same). If you use this then anyone would understand it as soldier of Christ.
If they knew Latin that is! Hope this helps.

 

[davlac]

you helped me a lot, i ve read somewhere milites christi, whats the difference with that one and the one you gave me.

does bellator christi also mean the same thing as warrior of christ in ecclesiastical latin.

 

[Akela]

milites is plural.

 

[davlac]

does bellator christi also mean the same thing as warrior of christ in ecclesiastical latin

 

[Akela]

I only mentioned ecclesiastical Latin because it was ecclesiastical Latin that was used by the Catholic church (not classical Latin, which was the language of the ancient times). There may have been an expression for 'warrior of Christ' that was commonly used by the Catholic church, which also used Latin (ecclesiastical). I would not know this expression, but it seems that miles christi could be it.

I am sorry, I probably should not have mentioned ecclesiastical Latin at all - it has only brought in confusion so far

Anyway, bellator and miles were both used both in classical and in ecclesiastical Latin. I purposely did not use later words for 'warrior' - choosing more common one bellator. Bellator means warrior, while miles means soldier. Just as in Engllish these words can sometimes be used interchangeably.

In other words, take your pick, they are both fine

 

[jaffa]

Yes, bellator is used in ecclesiastical latin as warrior. I found the word in the writings of Tertullian.
Miles Christi seems to be more common in biblical texts though.

 

[jaffa]

Akela, we just posted at exactly the same time!

 

[davlac]

Thanks to all of you, you helped me a lot.

 

[Akela]

Akela, we just posted at exactly the same time!

Spooky :shock: Too bad I didn't view the thread after I posted.

@davlac: Good luck with the process.

 

[Anonymous]

Wow, i was asking this same question. Thanks guys!