DESCRIPTION:

This course is a continuation of LG559, building on the foundation established in LG559. Emphasis will be on advanced grammar, further preparation for the graduate language examination in the form of selected texts reflecting early Church history and theology, and, above all, an overview of Latin classical/patristic culture. The literature of medieval writers will also be read.

The summum bonum of Ecclesiastical Latin studies, is the reading, analysis (translation) and appreciation of Church Latin which is found in Jerome's Biblia Vulgata, Augustine's De Trinitate, and Ambrose's hymns, to name a few works of early Christian literature. The well-versed pastor/theologian/scholar should be able to read and translate early and medieval Christian Latin works without relying on the translations and interpretations of others.

This course meets for two hours once a week. Thus considerable outside study and preparation is expected of students.

Collins, John F. A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of American Press, 1985.

Stelton, Leo F. Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1995.

Students will be responsible for translating exercises from the text, some orally, some in writing. Longer additional pieces will be translated in writing. All work submitted will be assessed and graded.

LG559 Latin I. No audits without transcript evidence of prior study.

Elective.

Yes.