Church Latin for Beginners: An Elementary Course of Exercises in Ecclesiastical Latin

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by  Joyce Egerton Lowe

Church Latin for beginners; an elementary course of exercises in
ecclesiastical Latin / by J. E. Lowe; with a note by Canon Barry; and
a foreword by the Rev. R. A. Knox.
Lowe, J. E. (Joyce Egerton), 1892-
London : Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1923.
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URCH LATIN
CHI
FOR BEGINNERS
AN ELEMENTARY COURSE OF EXERCISES
IN ECCLESIASTICAL LATIN
Y ce Egi LOWE , M.A.
BY Joycoye Egertory
J
With a Note by CANON BARRY, D.D., and a
Foreword by the Rev. R. A. KNOX , M.A.
LONDON
BURNS OATES & WASHBOURNE LTD
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Made and Printed in Great Britain.
NOTE
BY CANON WILLIAM BARRY
I was very glad to see in print this little volume, which deals
with ourChurch Latin ; and I hope thatit will be widely read
and studied . The wantof such a help has long been evident.
Classical or heathenLatinisabeautiful creation of genius; but
asa language it is dead. The Latin of Catholic Christendom is
) a living literature ;great portions of it are every day read and
recited allover the world,by thousands onthousands ofpriest,s
seminarists,religious orders ofmen and women. But theyy have
never been taughtthe grammar ofit,seldom have learned breflec
thiaorndhotow mrefaarsvheiollnou;sayetrtanthsefomrmiraatciolensittanisdsofpaerlafencgtuaingethsienigrusliagrhlyt.
PsteyrlfeectasIRcuaslklinit,,aMnadttthaekwe mArynopldos,itaionnd cJ.loseA.toSsyumchonmdsa,stewrhsoseof
hgweeanaserrteayntehreacnoocfefgsdnpirtiinobygnthofofeiRrwoOhmaxatfonardnsoptterheaecinrhihnaingsdtineecrmathy,eedcbl“uastbsaaicpsmt.izoesdNtooLrtaitgaaiinndae"l
and happy adaptation of the popular idiom tosacred uses,our
literature ofsanctuary,cloister,andthe schools isaworld initsel.f
LaCtionnsiVduelrgaallte.thaRtelimesemimbeprlicit St.inthAeugsuinsgtlienen'sameConoffeSsts.ioJnesr,ometh'se
sthuepreSmuemmexaamwprliettenstillbyofreSt.liTghiooumsasautAobqiuoginraaps,hyw.ithCaitsllsptoirmitiunadl
crown,The Imitation. And then launch out into the Liturgies
sofpirtehdepWraeyste,rsthwehLicivh,eswiofththeallSoauinrtsc,rittihcealHytrmainnoinlogg,ies,wectahennoint
inany way equal. Itisaworld,Irepeat,laying under tribute
old Hebrew,Hellenistic Greek, preluding the rise of grand
Westernromance and poetry,covering themiddle space ofmore
thaTnheaVtuhloguasteanadndyetahersLbiteutwrgeyenarcelatswsiicnalpoarntadlsmobydewrnhicthimewes.enter
upon our own domain, asChristians who have received from
PtoapbalelnRdomhuemthaeninwsipthireddivwinoer,dwofhGileodminenthemloavneguaongetobweastrdasdappetaecde
and unity
.y
Let us tr toknowitbette,r thatGod-given mother-tongue of
ours. Itisholy,>sublime,and simple,rich indevoutassociations
and full ofgrace
.
LEAMINGTON,
May Day,1923,
iii
2
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FOREWORD
BY THE REV. R. A. KNOX, M.A.
THEREis astorytold inone of ourCatholic Colleges (and prob
laigbhlyt uinponallthofe ethaesmy )fawmhiliicahrittyhrowwit,hs withicishtoaltaber-bfeoayr,sed,chaoisris,,nisatnedr
even congregations patter out their ecclesiastical Latin. Aboy
inLatinclass was exhibitingaаmulish ignorance astothemeaning
twofryetinhgeallwtoohradgveettanthtotues,raidgaohnptdttmhteehaecnlianmsgsetmohuoatsdteofr,ofwchimirto.hss-thAteaxtalmafasitntaaltiniotennd,deesnpwcaayirs
Sheacrsaumgegnetsutmed:b“efWoree;ll,atyloeuasthayvoeu mkneotwthwehawtotrhdast mTaenatnus.m" erAgot
wsirI,hichkanogwreatthalit:ghtitdmawenaends'uĐpoonwntheinbaody,oraantdionhefaslaliidn:g.'“ Oh,Myoess,t
Catholic schoolmasters have had similar,ifnot quite sopoignan,t
experiences
.
Well, we allknow that itisperfectly possible to“join in”a
service without understandingaword ofwhat the priest issaying
orwhat his assistants are answering,since devotion does not
depend upon anintellectual formula. And inany case,you can
get Latin-and-English-in-paralle-l columns editions ofallthe more
important services nowaday,s to glut your curiosity as tothe
meaning ofthe service ifyou cannot restrain it. What need,
gthliebnn,esfso)r atonygobutthrporuiegsths (allintthheemoldwegrninadturaofllyteremxipneacttioans,cerctaoinn
cord,s and sequences ? Why should we try tointerpret asa
language whatwe sowillingly submit to asahieratic rigmarole?
Why labour painfully over moods and tenses nthe hopethat we
may one day catch out the curate over a falsqeiuantity? Were
aityGnoooktdebfneoetrtibethirdetorthsawetitcnkowertoosouhurorufalodtldhetmrrysumwtopesreimmaaukbsele?dtoevKboeetaniorn.nediyn,tosuarelhy,ighis
brow exercise. There lives more faith in anhonest mumpsimus
thbeasnaidinthhaalnf athpepegaersndeatr frihrsytmseig,shvtandfortphreobaoldblyProthteersetawnatslamdoyrewhtoo
i
FOREWORD V
found such comfort in the blessed word Mesopotamia . Butthere
is this much to be said against the mumpsimizers: Church Latin
was not meant to mystify. It was meant to express,not to
conceal, the emotions and aspirations of the universal Church .
Quite true that expression is not absolutely necessary ; that a
man without Latincanworship ata low Mass,just asaman with
no ear for music can worship at a high Mass . But we who have
no ear for music (more numerous , perhaps, than the organists
imagine us to be) lose something in the way of rapport with our
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word except ( he flatters himself)“ Amen.>> Common worship
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arWewhaet,ll,thtehne,yaarerewneotallsotonumgoerboaucsk astotVhieaLLaattiinnaon?es.To watch
s
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from which EuropTeosprang. Tohim,Balbus and Cæsar must be
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safeguard,s that love ofpermanent structurse,that genius for nice
delimitation,which are characteristic of hirace. Itisgood that
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ofBalbus'wall. But tohaveaworking knowledge ofit,avery
much simpler process suffices. The characteristic idiom, which
chiefly makes classical Latinhard to us,does not count for much
in that Church Latin which is the lingua franca of Western
Christendom — there istoo much translation from, and reminis
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isthe difference between aliving and adead language. I( once
A NOTE ON HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
The differences between Latin and English,as outlined in the
Introduction , should first be grasped intelligently, rather than
memorised . Then the Exercises can be attacked immediately ,
and grammatical points should be mastered as they occur . If
in subsequent Exercises it appears that some point has been for
gotten , it can be revised with reference to the Summaries of
Accidence and Syntax which follow the Exercises.
In short, the idea of this book is that the language will be
learned through translating the Exercises; and the Summaries
of Accidence and Syntax are for reference and revision. The
teacher is recommended constantly to bear in mind the object
of the course, which is not the attainment of an exact knowledge
of Latin Grammar, butareal acquaintance with the language used
in the Church's liturgy.
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CONTENTS
PAGE
NOTE BY CANON WILLIAM BARRY iii
FOREWORD BY THE REV. R. A. Knox, M.A. iv
AUTHOR'S PREFACE . vii
A NOTE ON HOW TO USE THIS BOOK viii
INTRODUCTION :
THE LATIN LANGUAGE 1
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LATIN AND ENGLISH 4
PRONUNCIATION 5
READING ALOUD 7
EXERCISES •8-87
SUMMARY OF ACCIDENCE 88
PRINCIPAL PARTS OF IRREGULAR VERBS IN COMMON USE . 106
SUMMARY OF SYNTAX - 113
FAMILIAR LATIN PRAYERS AND HYMNS 123
THE MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS OF FAMILIAR CATHOLIO TERMS . 128
VOCABULARY 132
INDEX - 146
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