Church Latin

[AugustineA]

I'm going to learn it. Anyone have any resources?  :bounce:

[John Ryan]

The Vatican website has the biblical literature in Ecclesiastical Latin. 

[Nihil Obstat]

Last I checked at the used bookstore on campus they had the Jones and Sidwell texts for about $20 each. They would be Classical Latin though, so I guess not precisely the same. Very close though.

[AugustineA]

I studied a bit of classical Latin, but left my textbooks back in Vancouver. Hmm, if I find anything online I'll post it.

[John Ryan]

It is probably a good idea to learn classical Latin and then learn the Church variant. 

[ToJesusMyHeart]

No resources for strictly ecclesiastical that I'm aware of, but I used Wheelock to learn classical and it has served me well in comprehending liturgical Latin.  

[Aya Sophia]

Wheelock is your man for a general foundation: http://wheelockslatin.com/

 

Collins for intro to ecclesatical Latin: http://www.amazon.com/Primer-Ecclesiastical-Latin-John-Collins/dp/0813206677

 

And, you could get a copy of the Vulgate at http://www.bac-editorial.com/ficha.php?id=13650

[AnneLine]

Does anyone know whether the people at 'ChurchlatinDOTcom' are an ok group or whether they are part of one of the schismatic groups?  Because if they are an OK group, they have what appears to be a teach-yourself-ecclesiastical-Latin course available. 

 

Anyone know for sure?

 

I ask because we are not supposed to link to groups that are not in union with Rome.....

 

 

 

 

[Not The Philosopher]

I second the Collins textbook.

 

It is important to make sure that you also are trying to read Latin texts. Otherwise it is difficult to move beyond a mechanical, "decoding" approach.

[OnlySunshine]

I'm taking Beginning Latin I this semester and we are using Wheelock's Latin.  It's generally a good textbook but my professor, who is a classical studies graduate, noticed there are a few errors in the grammar and translations. 

[Vincent Vega]

Put mine down as another vote for Wheelock.

[AugustineA]

Overwhelming responses! Sadly, I had an edition of Wheelock's text and left it in Vancouver. Gahhh.. Thanks guys. I'll start with classical Latin and see what I can find here. :) Maybe there's a copy of Wheelock's kickin around in the local bookstores.

[OnlySunshine]

Overwhelming responses! Sadly, I had an edition of Wheelock's text and left it in Vancouver. Gahhh.. Thanks guys. I'll start with classical Latin and see what I can find here. :) Maybe there's a copy of Wheelock's kickin around in the local bookstores.

 

I bought my textbook online and it was really inexpensive.  Mine is a 7th edition.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Wheelocks-Latin-7th-Edition-Series/dp/0061997226

[AnneLine]

Augustine, check out ChurchlatinDOTcom link.  I am pretty sure they are legit, and it is exactly what you are seeking.

 

I found a 1950's book like that in a Catholic University library at one point (was designed for Sisters to learn what they needed to pray Little Office and Mass), and they used the  actual documents you would want to use.  Taught the basics of grammar and vocabulary.  Looks like the same kind of thing.  

[Fr. Antony Maria OSB]

Having lived with a classics major, I have heard great things about Wheelock's latin, so I would also add my vote to everyone else's. If you're looking for something strictly ecclesiastical, though, right now I'm in an Ecclesiastical Latin class and we're using Latin Grammar: For the Reading of the Missal and Breviary by Scanlon and Scanlon as well as a little booklet called A Layman's Primer of Liturgical Latin: Understanding the Latin of the Ordinary Form of the Mass by Sullivan. We haven't really used the books too much in class as of yet, however, so I can't really give any indication of their usefulness.