Latin

From Christianity Knowledge Base

Latin was the official language used in the Roman Catholic Church hundreds of years ago to write scripture, and is still recited somewhat today in their church. Commonly called a "dead language" due to the supposed death of all the original adherants, I don't actually know why the Catholic church picked it up. This probably needs some expansion.

Actually, Latin was a living language when they were getting started. Eastern Christianity mostly used Greek. Part of the reason for the Great Schism is that they had trouble translating theological concepts between Latin and Greek. Martin Luther translated the Bible from Latin into German. Yes, we do need some expansion, so I'll add a stub tag.