Ecclesiastical Latin

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form of Latin language variety liturgical language sacred language

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Latin	4
Liturgical Latin	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	form of Latin ⓘ language variety ⓘ liturgical language ⓘ sacred language ⓘ
associatedWith	Canon law ⓘ surface form: Catholic canon law Catholic liturgical music ⓘ Catholic theology ⓘ Gregorian chant ⓘ Holy See ⓘ Roman Rite ⓘ
basedOn	Classical Latin ⓘ
codifiedIn	Code of Canon Law (1983) ⓘ surface form: Code of Canon Law Vulgate ⓘ surface form: Nova Vulgata Roman Breviary ⓘ Missale Romanum ⓘ surface form: Roman Missal
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 ⓘ Ecclesiastical Latin ⓘ surface form: Liturgical Latin Roman Church Latin ⓘ
hasKeyText	Catechism of the Catholic Church ⓘ surface form: Catechism of the Catholic Church (Latin typical edition) Vulgate ⓘ surface form: Nova Vulgata Bible Roman Breviary ⓘ surface form: Roman Breviary (Latin typical edition) Missale Romanum ⓘ surface form: Roman Missal (Latin typical edition) Vulgate ⓘ surface form: Vulgate Bible
hasPronunciationInfluencedBy	Italian language ⓘ surface form: Italian
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
officialLanguageOf	Holy See ⓘ Roman Rite ⓘ surface form: Roman Rite of the Catholic Church
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 Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Popular Latin → distinctFrom → Ecclesiastical Latin ⓘ

Ecclesiastical Latin → hasAlternativeName → Ecclesiastical Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liturgical Latin

Latin West → hasLanguageOfLiturgy → Ecclesiastical Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin

Mikael Agricola → languageOfWorkOrName → Ecclesiastical Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin

St. Thomas Aquinas → languageOfWorkOrName → Ecclesiastical Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin

Latin West → liturgicalLanguage → Ecclesiastical Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin