Tantum ergo Sacramentum is a hymn in the Catholic Church that is sung during the Feast of Corpus Christi, which is a celebration of the Eucharist. The hymn is based on a poem written by Thomas Aquinas, and it is traditionally sung in Latin. The first known use of the hymn in the Catholic Church […]
Who’s a Catholic Monk A Catholic monk is a person who has dedicated their life to religious service within the Catholic Church. Monks are members of monastic orders, which are communities of men or women who live according to a specific set of religious rules and practices. Some famous Catholic monks include Saint Benedict of […]
Catholics and Lutherans have some fundamental differences in their beliefs, but they also share some key similarities. Both are the most prominent branches of the Christian religion. So what are the main differences between these two Christian denominations? Well, Catholics trace their faith back to the apostle Peter, whereas Lutherans claim Martin Luther as their […]
Who’s a missionary in the Catholic Church? A missionary is person who is sent by Church authority to preach the Gospel, or help strengthen the faith already professed, among people in a given place or region. They are people who have sacrificed their own comfort zones to serve the spiritual and physical needs of people […]
Third declension nouns cannot be identified in the nominative case because: –[a] They have various forms and spelling[b] They can be masculine, feminine or neuterTherefore, they have to be learnt off by heart. However they can be recognized by the genitive singular which always ends in ‘-is’. Their nominative singular ending does not reveal their […]
Second declension nouns in Latin are mostly masculine or neuter, but there are also feminine nouns that are declined like masculine nouns. The nominative of neuter nouns will always be the same as the accusative.While first declension nouns end in ‘’-a’’, second declension nouns usually end in ‘’-us’’, ‘’ius’’, or ‘’er’’. Other second declension endings […]
What is Confirmation? Confirmation is one of the seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church, which confers the gifts of the Holy Spirit ( Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge, Counsel, Fortitude, Piety and Fear of the Lord) upon the recipient making the recipient a full member of the Catholic Church. During this period we are made to choose […]
In the introduction part of these series of lessons, the importance of the agreement of verbs with accompanying nouns was emphasized in constructing a correct sentence both in Latin and English. Of course, recognizing the subject, the verb, the object etc. is of utmost importance. Nothing should be taken for granted because even dons are […]
As emphasized in an earlier exposition, English language grammatical structure is heavily influenced by Latin sentence pattern. The agreement of the number in nouns with the accompanying verbs in English language can fully be appreciated when the discipline required in the sentence construction of a simple Latin text is stressed. However, in English language, we […]
A tithe is one tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the Church and clergy. In other words, it is the total takings accumulated by one from whatever profession or occupation in a year divided by ten. It is paid as a voluntary contribution or as a […]
The word Abbot is a title given to a male superior (leader) of a monastic community or order. It’s derived from Aramaic word ab (“father”), or aba (“my father”). In the Septuagint, it was written as “abbas”. The feminine equivalent of the word is Abbess. The word Abbot was earlier used to address any monk, but it was later […]
‘’In the beginning, when God created the universe, the earth was formless and desolate….By the seventh day, God finished what he had been doing and stopped working. He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day’’ (Genesis 1: 1, 2: 2). The seventh day which is Saturday is universally known as […]
The answer is in the negative. Latin is neither dying nor dead. Many modern romance languages like Romania, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian and to a large extent English evolved from Latin. After it’s founding in 753 BC, the Roman Empire endured for about 1000 years before the invasion of the Germans. But Latin language […]
Israelites of old and Israelis of the modern times are God’s own people (Psalm 8:3, Numbers10:10). Jerusalem, a city built by King David was named “David City” (2 Samuel 5:6-9). Enemies of God took crafty counsels together and formed a confederacy against Israel, to wipe it off the face of the earth and be remembered […]
All through the ages and generations of the Human race in the Cosmos, supplications are made to invisible and supernatural powers to intervene in the ever increasing and complex system of things which bedevil the social structures that have unpalatable consequences. The outcome of policies, and strategies which are geared towards obtaining the optimum results […]
