40 () posted 148 days ago by KnightOfTheRealm1152 148 days ago by KnightOfTheRealm1152 +40 / -0 32 comments share 32 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Latin is almost a dead language, used primarily for interpreting historical texts and in scientific terminology. Having it as the primary language of the mass when no one speaks it is a bit of an issue.
It's beautiful, but it's not useful
Wrong.
Coptic Egyptians still speak ancient Egyptian. Jews with Hebrew. Assyrians still speak Aramaic.
These languages survived and revived because they were used for liturgy.