whatthehey78 said:
jrico2727 said:
A "dead" language can be useful for something like theology. As we currently see in the temporal world people often change words and their meanings to fit an agenda, a language such as Latin doesn't allow such liberties.
Considering that St. Paul was a Roman citizen and St. Peter started the See of Rome it is fair to say at the very least some of the Apostles spoke Latin. Since Our Lord has his famous dialogue with Pilate, and found great faith in a centurion it is plausible that he spoke some Latin, even if just a phrase or two. Ultimately, Latin is eternalized on the cross so the language is inseparable from Christ and his Church.
Not convinced. No sale! Except for Paul being a Roman citizen...the rest is unproven and 'a huge stretch' at best. Truth is "it's a dead language"...died like its original users, with the Roman Empire. Even the church has diminished its use.
19And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was Jesus Of Nazareth The King Of The Jews.
20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
-John 19:19-20 KJV
If The apostle john noticed it was written in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, maybe, just maybe the apostles were multi-lingual.
Also, you know, Pentecost…..
Alas though, just like Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, Latin is a biblical language. Moreover is it not beyond the scope of imagination that a dude growing up in the Roman Empire, reading the Septuagint, and speaking in Aramaic might be, you know multilingual?