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Always Remember Before You Were A Religion Or Before Independent Culture You Were A Time line Of Language That Shaped The Globe. [] Languages Classified As Sacred
A number of languages have been used as sacred languages. They include:- Ecclesiastical Latin is the liturgical language of the Latin rite of the Roman Catholic Church. It is also the official language of the Holy See.
- Syriac, used as a liturgical language by Syriac Christians who belong to the Chaldean Catholic Church, Assyrian Church of the East, Syriac Orthodox Church, Syriac Catholic Church, and Maronite Church.
- Classical Arabic, for Muslims the only true language of the Qur'an; it differs markedly from the various forms of contemporary spoken Arabic.
- Avestan, the language of the Avesta, the sacred texts of Zoroastrianism.
- Classical Chinese, the language of older Chinese literature and the Confucian, Taoist, and in East Asia also of the Mahayana Buddhist sacred texts, which also differs markedly from contemporary spoken Mandarin.
- Coptic, a form of ancient Egyptian, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Coptic Catholic Church.
- Etruscan, cultivated for religious and magical purposes in the Roman Empire.
- Ge'ez, the predecessor of many Ethiopian Semitic languages (e.g. Amharic, Tigrinya, Tigre) used as a liturgical language by Ethiopian Jews and by Ethiopian Christians (in both the Orthodox Tewahedo and the Catholic churches).
- Early New High German is used in Amish communities for Bible readings and sermons.
- Hebrew, the language of the Torah used in the liturgy of Judaism.
- Koine Greek, which plays a similar role in Greek Christianity. It differs markedly from Modern Greek, but still remains comprehensible for Modern Greek speakers.
- Ladino, as a form of Judeo-Spanish closer to the original Hebrew syntax, was reserved for Bible translations by Sephardis.
- Mandaic, an Aramaic language, in Mandaeanism
- Various Native American languages are cultivated for religious and ceremonial purposes by Native Americans who no longer use them in daily life.
- Palaic and Luwian, cultivated as a religious language by the Hittites.
- Pali, the original language of Theravada Buddhism.
- Some Portuguese and Latin prayers are retained by the Kakure Kirishitan (Hidden Christians) of Japan, who recite it without understanding the language.
- Classical Punjabi is the language of the holy scripture of Sikhism. It is different from the various dialects of Punjabi that exists today.
- Sanskrit, the tongue of the Vedas and other sacred texts of Hinduism as well as the original language of Mahayana Buddhism and a language of Jainism.
- Old Church Slavonic, which was the liturgical language of the Slavic Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Romanian Orthodox Church
- Church Slavonic is the current liturgical language of the Russian Orthodox Church and certain Byzantine (Ruthenian) Eastern Catholic churches.
- Old Tibetan, known as Chhokey in Bhutan, the sacred language of Tibetan Buddhism
- Sumerian, cultivated and preserved in Assyria and Babylon long after its extinction as an everyday language.
- Yoruba, the language of the Yoruba people, brought to the New World by African slaves, and preserved in Santería, Candomblé, and other transplanted African religions.
- Gothic, sole East Germanic language which is attested by significant texts, usually considered to have been preserved for the Arian churches, while the Goths themselves spoke vulgar Latin dialects of their areas.
- Korean is the language preferred by the Unification Church. Church founder Sun Myung Moon has instructed all Unification Church members to learn Korean because "Korean is the language closest to God's Heart, and the future world language will be Korean".
[] In various religions
[] In Islam
Arabic is the sacred language of Islam. It is the language of the Qur'an, and the native language of Muhammad. Like Latin in medieval Europe, Arabic shares both the role of intellectual language as well as the role of liturgical language in much of the Islamic world.[] In Judaism
The core of the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) is written in Classical Hebrew, and much of its present form is specifically the dialect of Biblical Hebrew, referred to by Jews as Leshon Ha-Kodesh (לשון הקודש), "The Holy Language."Hebrew remains the traditional language of Jewish religious services, though its usage today varies by denomination: Orthodox services are, generally, entirely in Hebrew, Reform services make a much lesser use of the language, and Conservative services usually fall somewhere between.
[] In Christianity
Christianity does not have a single sacred language. Those denominations that trace their origin to the early centuries of Christianity have often continued to use the standard languages of the day. These include:- Latin in the Roman Catholic Church
- Greek in the Greek Orthodox Church and Greek Catholic Church
- Church Slavonic in several Eastern Orthodox Churches
- Ancient Georgian in the Georgian Orthodox Church
- Classical Armenian in the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Ge'ez in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Ethiopian Catholic Church and Eritrean Orthodox Church
- Coptic in Coptic Christianity
- Syriac in Syriac Christianity.
Aside from brief acceptance of Church Slavonic in the 9th century (twice, 867-873 and 880-885), the vernacular was not considered acceptable to the Vatican until the 1960s. In the Middle Ages it was supposed that Hebrew, Greek, and Latin alone were suitable for the sacred liturgy since these were the languages inscribed upon the titulus on Jesus' cross at His crucifixion. The mid-16th century Council of Trent rejected a proposal to introduce national languages as this was seen as potentially divisive to Catholic unity. Although use of locals language continued in remote mission territories (for example, in the 17th century Jesuit China missions), but especially for sacramental rites, it was not until the second Vatican Council (1962-1965) that greater use of the vernacular—while respecting Latin as the language of the Roman Church—was officially permitted. To a large degree, the Council's prescription was initially disregarded and the vernacular became not only standard, but exclusively utilized in the liturgy. Latin remains the language of the Roman Rite and its use is still encouraged. Large scale papal ceremonies often make use of it. Meanwhile, the numerous Eastern Catholic Churches in union with Rome each have their own respective parent language, although many make wide use of the vernacular. However, the Eastern Code of Canon Law, for the sake of convenience, has been promulgated in Latin.
Oriental Orthodox Churches regularly pray in the vernacular of the community within which a Church outside of its ancestral land is located. However some clergymen and communities prefer to retain their traditional language or use a combination of languages.
Many Anabaptist groups, such as the Amish, use continue to use High German in their worship despite not speaking it amongst themselves.
[] In Hinduism
Hinduism is traditionally considered to have one liturgical language "samskrita" (that is, Sanskrit). It is the language of the Vedas, Bhagavadgita and the Upanishads, and various other liturgical texts such as the Sahasranama, Chamakam and Rudram. It is also the tongue of most Hindu rituals.[] In Buddhism
Theravada Buddhism uses Pali as its main liturgical language, and prefers its scriptures to be studied in the original Pali.Mahayana Buddhism makes little use of its original language, Sanskrit. An unusual form of liturgical language is found in some Japanese rituals where Chinese texts are read out or recited with the Japanese pronunciations of their constituent characters, resulting in something unintelligible in both languages.[1]
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