There are slightly different versions of the Clementine Vulgate around, but they are hard to find, so it is important to be a faithful Catholic if you want to find them!!! As all humans should be…
If you really want to find some cool Latin, I would suggest buying pre-vatican II Latin Rite Missals, or even a Breviarium Romanum. Such as the Dominican Rite, The Carmelite Rite. But I hope that if you bought these that they would be treated with care because they are the highest form of worship man can have on this earth towards God, the Liturgy of the Holy Catholic Church that is.
Flos… wouldn’t that be a matter of opinion? Would not the highest form of worship be a man (homo) living his life to please his God, rather than mere words?
But, yes, many of the early Catholic rites are beautiful to my ears, at least.
This has been an interesting thread. I wonder if there is enough interest for a Lingua Latina Ecclesiastica forum under the Latin section, similar to the Koine Greek forum within the Greek section?
“Flos… wouldn’t that be a matter of opinion? Would not the highest form of worship be a man (homo) living his life to please his God, rather than mere words?”
Not really. And they are not just mere words because they are prayers bound in heaven by the Church He founded (Matt 16:18-19). To please God, is to use the prayers (Liturgy) that He promulgated through His Church for worshipping Him. Liturgy is the highest form of prayer on earth. You are pleasing to God by praying the liturgy He has given us, and that is living His will because that is the form of worship he desires to give us. Sed contra, this does not take away from doing good works or living holiness outside the liturgy, enim, liturgical prayer increases grace in the soul. Nor does it mean that personal mental prayer outside of the liturgy is displeasing to God because your learn how to pray in a way most pleasing to God from experience in the liturgy. Hence, when one’s will is properly ordered towards God, they will participate fully in the liturgy and reap all the spiritual fruits therein according to one’s mode of reception. If you would like to discuss this more you can e-mail me: mgarstin@gmail.com
Ignoscas culpas meas, in saeculum saeculorum.