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- From: drake+@cs.cmu.edu (Drake)
- Subject: Re: Bible translations, or Does God Speak Latin?
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- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 02:53:03 GMT
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- cortese@skid.ps.uci.edu (Janis Maria Cortese) writes:
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- >Are you nuts? Where the hell is the beauty in hearing someone babble
- >gibberish at you and sitting there bored for an hour while he does it,
- >with his back turned to you all the time? How the hell am I supposed
- >to gain enlightenment if I can't understand what the hell is being said?
-
- If you ask the question, I can't explain it to you. I'm not schooled
- in the intricate terms of aesthetics. I find the old Latin masses to be
- beautiful. I also think that the Orthodox liturgies, particularly in
- Russian or Syrian, are also beautiful. I guess I'm strange. I like the
- old Gregorian chants too.
-
- It may relate somewhat to the use of Hebrew, Latin or Enochian in some
- rituals of ceremonial magick, as far as "enlightenment" goes.
-
- >You make it sound like the "downfall" of the church is due to something
- >like, "Damn! Now that they can actually UNDERSTAND us and know what
- >we're up to, they don't like it!" Too bad.
-
- Yeah, that's sort of it! <g>
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