Ecclesiastical Latin

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Ecclesiastical Latin is the form of the Latin language traditionally used by the Roman Catholic Church in its liturgy, official documents, and theological writings.

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Generate an image of Ecclesiastical Latin (Ecclesiastical Latin is the form of the Latin language traditionally used by the Roman Catholic Church in its liturgy, official documents, and theological writings.)

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Latin 4
Ecclesiastical Latin canonical 2
Liturgical Latin 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf form of Latin ⓘ
language variety ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ
sacred language ⓘ
associatedWith Catholic canon law ⓘ
linked to: Canon law

Catholic liturgical music ⓘ
Catholic theology ⓘ
Gregorian chant ⓘ
Holy See ⓘ
Roman Rite ⓘ
basedOn Classical Latin ⓘ
codifiedIn Code of Canon Law ⓘ
Nova Vulgata ⓘ
linked to: Vulgate

Roman Breviary ⓘ
Roman Missal ⓘ
linked to: Missale Romanum
containsLoanwordsFrom Aramaic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Modern European languages ⓘ
developedFrom Late Latin ⓘ
Vulgar Latin ⓘ
differsFrom Classical Latin orthography ⓘ
Classical Latin pronunciation ⓘ
Classical Latin vocabulary ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Church Latin ⓘ
Liturgical Latin ⓘ
Roman Church Latin ⓘ
hasKeyText Catechism of the Catholic Church (Latin typical edition) ⓘ
Nova Vulgata Bible ⓘ
linked to: Vulgate

Roman Breviary (Latin typical edition) ⓘ
linked to: Roman Breviary

Roman Missal (Latin typical edition) ⓘ
linked to: Missale Romanum

Vulgate Bible ⓘ
linked to: Vulgate
hasPronunciationInfluencedBy Italian ⓘ
linked to: Italian language
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Holy See ⓘ
Roman Rite of the Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Rite
promotedBy Pope Benedict XVI ⓘ
Pope John XXIII ⓘ
Pope Paul VI ⓘ
regulatedBy Pontifical Academy for Latin ⓘ
standardizedBy Roman Curia ⓘ
Vatican documents ⓘ
subfamily Italic languages ⓘ
timePeriod Late Antiquity to present ⓘ
typicalPronunciationRegion Italy ⓘ
Roman Catholic world ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ
usedAlongside vernacular languages in Catholic liturgy ⓘ
usedBy Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
usedFor Catholic doctrinal documents ⓘ
canon law texts ⓘ
liturgical books ⓘ
papal bulls ⓘ
papal encyclicals ⓘ
usedIn Catholic liturgy ⓘ
Catholic official documents ⓘ
Catholic theological writings ⓘ
usedInCouncilDocuments Council of Trent ⓘ
First Vatican Council ⓘ
Second Vatican Council ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Popular Latin → distinctFrom → Ecclesiastical Latin ⓘ
St. Thomas Aquinas → languageOfWorkOrName → Latin ⓘ
linked to: Ecclesiastical Latin
Mikael Agricola → languageOfWorkOrName → Latin ⓘ
linked to: Ecclesiastical Latin
Latin West → hasLanguageOfLiturgy → Latin ⓘ
linked to: Ecclesiastical Latin
Latin West → liturgicalLanguage → Latin ⓘ
linked to: Ecclesiastical Latin
Ecclesiastical Latin → hasAlternativeName → Liturgical Latin ⓘ
linked to: Ecclesiastical Latin
Classical Latin → influenced → Catholic Church Latin ⓘ
linked to: Ecclesiastical Latin
Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary → hasOfficialLanguage → Latin (liturgical) ⓘ
linked to: Ecclesiastical Latin
Ianuarius → usedInLanguage → Ecclesiastical Latin ⓘ
Graduals → associatedLanguageFamily → Liturgical Latin ⓘ
linked to: Ecclesiastical Latin