ithinkjesusiscool Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Dear Catholics, what is the official Latin name for the midnight Mass? Divinum Officium gave this name:"In Nativitate Domini in nocte (Missa prima)". Btw, what does "in" in "in nativitate" mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 In English, it's the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord. BTW, my Latin is awful-to-non-existent, so I can't tell you what the "in" means, but a rough translation would be "The Birth of the Lord at night (First Mass).." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary+Immaculate<3 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 "In" means in or into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selah Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 (edited) Oh good, I thought this was going to be a thread on how x takes Christ out of Christmas and I just Edited December 27, 2013 by Selah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven77 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 X-Men Christmas Special, so pathetic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIQoRnkWFgA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary+Immaculate<3 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 X is the initial for "Christ" in Greek, hence the Chi-Rho sign Constantine saw. In case anyone was wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytherese Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 St. Andrew the Apostle was martyred on an x shaped cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byzantine Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Dear Catholics, what is the official Latin name for the midnight Mass? Divinum Officium gave this name:"In Nativitate Domini in nocte (Missa prima)". Btw, what does "in" in "in nativitate" mean? Looks like "On the Nativity of the Lord in the night (first Mass)" "In" means in or into. Yes, but only in certain places. When paired with the ablative case (as in "In Nativitate") in means in/on. With the accusative case (as would have been the case for "In Nativitatem"), in means into. There are probably loads of other meanings as well. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary+Immaculate<3 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Yes, but only in certain places. When paired with the ablative case (as in "In Nativitate") in means in/on. With the accusative case (as would have been the case for "In Nativitatem"), in means into. There are probably loads of other meanings as well. :) Which is why I really can't wait to be done with Latin class :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byzantine Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Which is why I really can't wait to be done with Latin class :-/ Sed lingua Latina est festiva maximaque lingua :) (But Latin is fun and a very great language) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ithinkjesusiscool Posted December 27, 2013 Author Share Posted December 27, 2013 Looks like "On the Nativity of the Lord in the night (first Mass)" Yes, but only in certain places. When paired with the ablative case (as in "In Nativitate") in means in/on. With the accusative case (as would have been the case for "In Nativitatem"), in means into. There are probably loads of other meanings as well. :) why would they want to say "on the Nativity..." and not just "the Nativity..."? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byzantine Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 why would they want to say "on the Nativity..." and not just "the Nativity..."? Maybe another use of in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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