What was the official language of the Catholic Church in the medieval time?

Answer 1

The language used by the Roman Catholic Church was Latin.

But the languages of the people who were Roman Catholics included just about all the languages of Western and Central Europe, Italian, Spanish dialects, French dialects, German dialects, Polish, Czech, English, Dutch dialects, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and so on.

Answer 2

Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church.

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Latin is the official language of the Catholic Church. The vernacular is permitted at Masses all over the world, though. (Mass in Latin is still the norm.)

Answer 3

The languages of the Catholic Church are mainly Latin and Greek. Greek was used nearly exclusively for the first four centuries, and then gradually was changed to Latin (in the Roman Rite). The other Rites maintain their languages to this day: Greek, Armenian, Aramaic, Syrian, etc.

from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

Languages, Ecclesiastical. The languages used in the church's liturgy and in her official teaching. These are two distinct meanings of an ecclesiastical language. In the liturgy there is a further distinction between the Roman Rite and other Rites in communion with the Holy See. In the Roman Rite the liturgical language up to the fourth century was mainly Greek. Latin gradually took its place. And this was generally universal until the Second Vatican Council, which opened up the liturgy to the vernacular. On the doctrinal side, the Roman Rite also used Greek in the first three centuries and gradually adopted Latin. The original language of the first seven ecumenical councils, however, was Greek because all the early councils (to A.D. 787) were held in the East. Among the Eastern Christians in communion with Rome the liturgical language was and remains mainly Greek. But other languages have been used form the beginning, e.g., Coptic. The same for doctrine. Some ancient manuscripts of The Bible, including the New Testament, were in Syriac, Armenian, Coptic, and Georgian. Doctrinal statements, except those directly emanating from the Holy See, have also regularly been either in Greek or in the official language of the respective rite.

Answer 4

Francis A. Sullivan SJ (From Apostles to Bishops) says that Greek was the language of the church of Rome until the third century. Subsequently, Latin was the language of the Church throughout the west.

Answer 5

The primary language of the Roman Catholic Church is Latin.

Answer 6

In the West, the Church used Latin. In the East, it always used Greek, which was the original language of much of the New Testament.

Answer 7

Latin.

(If they're asking the variety, "ecclesiastical Latin" should be correct. If not, Latin is enough.)

Answer 8

Latin.

Answer 9

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