Hi everyone, my name is Christopher Matthias T.. I’m from North Dakota, USA and interested in conversing about Ancient Greek. I’m mostly interested in Biblical topics, but might want to read some Classics eventually. I’ve been studying grammars and doing some mild translating for about 2-3 years now. As for the grammars, I’ve went through Athenaze, I’ve got a copy of Rife, and I’m working through Chase & Phillips in a college class which I’m taking at the University of Mary in Bismarck, ND.
As far as Lexicons go, I’ve got the medium Liddell Scott, Harper’s Analytical Lexicon, and Taylor’s Analytical Lexicon of the Septugint. I’ve got UBS copies of the New Testament and Septuagint. Also I’ve got Thayer’s NT Lexicon and Follett’s lexicon 1927 for English to Ancient Greek. I love ancient Greek, but I’m thinking before long I might be concentrating on Hebrew, we’ll see.
I try to pray as much as I can, I tend to somewhat direct, and for the time being I’m interested in learning about pronunciation, and also learning Ancient Greek prayers. One of the reasons I’m here is because I don’t like how my professors pronounce Ancient Greek, and I would like to understand this topic better. My hobbies include collecting quotes, drinking tea, socializing, and spending time in the Chapel. God bless and I look forward to corresponding with you all.
I started with Latin in high school many years ago. When I picked it up again, I decided to learn Greek on my own. I like a little bit of everything, but I like living language too. Paroecia mea. . Enchiladas y huevos rancheros is my Spanish.
You attend an FSSP Parish, very nice. I wish we had one here. Are you being affected at all by Traditionis Custodes? Our Diocesan mass got moved way out of town from a Parish Church to an old Oratory seen below.
We are not affected for now. Bishop McElroy is far from being friendly, but emeritus +Brom gave the FSSP a canonical house. I’m not a canon law expert, but I understand the local ordinary has no authority to suppress it. The question is whether there will be a visitation for the FSSP and what will happen afterwards.
I’ve heard the situation is precarious for ICK and FSSP since Rome dissolved the Ecclesia Dei commission and transferred its jurisdiction to the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith. I hope your parish continues unaffected. Do you have any favorite Trad blogs or podcasts?
I’m sure you know these already: for news, I’m subscribed to Rorate Caeli, which has proved itself to be reliable time and again. I like New Liturgical Movement for anything liturgical. Actually, I don’t listen to trad podcasts, but I enjoy Jonathan Pageau, , who is Russian Orthodox but far from being anti-Catholic.
But perhaps I’m getting ahead of myself. Before moving on to Greek, I would like to offer you my translation of the Latin phrase Traditionis Custodes- “The Jailors of Tradition.”
bedwere, from the list you gave I’m familiar with New Liturgical Movement, but not Rorate which looks quite good. I’ve been reading mostly from Onepeterfive, The Remnant, and Church Militant, which I think are pretty good but perhaps somewhat incendiary. I wonder if you might have any thoughts on Taylor Marshall? Or any books written by an Atila Guimaraes?
Rorate is not shy of telling the truth (and they have reliable sources), but refrains from needless, incendiary attacks. Maybe because they do not solicit donations and don’t need to excite the base? I heard about Marshall, who seems a rather hot head to me, but I haven’r read Guimaraes. Maybe I’m wrong and I can be a hot head too, but I try to save my energy and time for more focused activities to spread and live tradition. I’ve been part of this group many years: https://www.facebook.com/oratorianbros
Ok, so what I would say is that I have little professional or academic interest in learning Greek and Latin, only for prayer, edification, etc. Here on the Textkit forums I think I would like to begin discussing first some Latin topics. I consider myself a beginner at Latin and will begin the Second Semester course in a few days. I’ve picked up the Colunga Clementine Vulgate and I’ve been translating a few psalms into English over the break. I’ve got a Cassells’s Lexicon 1953, Wheelock’s Grammar 6th ed. 2000 , and my new Professor will be using Oxford Latin Course 2012 which at first glance is a text I am not very enthusiastic about.
Most of my questions would concern the preferences of others here on Textkit regarding pronunciation, materials, and pedagogy. Would it be best to start new threads in the Latin forum or to take care of some of these things here?
Suggestion: your goals of reading devotionally and using the language in prayer are best served by comprehensively learning the grammar and syntax of the language, even if you are using a text which doesn’t seem immediately to address those desires. You also might find your horizons expanding a bit as you are exposed to the language and the various ancient authors who used it. At least be open to the possibility. It’s what happened to me when I started learning Greek…
I would search the archives for topics of interest, and if you find nothing addressing your questions adequately, then start a new topic under the appropriate category (which is not the Greetings Forum!).
