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An Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin

An Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin

An Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin

H. P. V. Nunn
October 2013
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9781107668843
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    Originally published in 1927 as a guide for students, this book contains the syntactical rules for understanding the Latin used by the Fathers of the Western Church until 'the revival of learning'. Nunn also includes sample passages of Ecclesiastical Latin from the Vulgate New Testament with notes explaining relevant grammatical points. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of Classical education.

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    October 2013
    Paperback
    9781107668843
    180 pages
    198 × 129 × 9 mm
    0.18kg
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    Table of Contents

    • The origin and character of ecclesiastical Latin
    • Part I. Syntax:
    • 1. Sentences
    • 2. Nouns
    • 3. Pronouns
    • 4. Verbs
    • 5. The imperative mood: the subjunctive mood in principal clauses
    • 6. Noun clauses
    • 7. Adjectival clauses
    • 8. Adverbial clauses
    • 9. Participles
    • 10. Gerund, gerundive and supine
    • 11. Questions
    • 12. Adjectives
    • 13. Prepositions
    • Part II. Extracts from Ecclesiastical Writers:
    • 1. Visiones Perpetua
    • 2. Jesus Christus patientiae exemplar Cyprian
    • 3. Quid est voluntas dei? Cyprian
    • 4. Quare justus cum Christo esse desiderat Cyprian
    • 5. De defectu fidei in tribulatione Cyprian
    • 6. Quod filii dei patri similes esse debent Cyprian
    • 7. De judicio dimini in Arianos Ambrose
    • 8. Somnium hieronymi Jerome
    • 9. De vita clericorum Jerome
    • 10. De miseriis Augustini in pueritia Augustine
    • 11. Oratio pro monnica matre sua Augustine
    • 12. De vita beati papae Gregorii Bede
    • 13. De adventu Augustini ad praedicandum genti anglorum Bede
    • 14. De colloquio Augustini cum episcopis brittonum Bede
    • 15. De vita et transitu ad dominum sancti Columbae Adamnan
    • 16. De bono fidei Thomas Aquinas
    • 17. De fructibus incarnationis Thomas Aquinas
    • 18. Quare orare debemus ut fiat voluntas dei Thomas Aquinas
    • 19. Qualiter homo desolatus se debet in manus dei offerre Thomas a Kempis
    • Index of texts quoted.
      Contributors
    • Perpetua, Cyprian, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, Bede, Adamnan, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas a Kempis

    • Author
    • H. P. V. Nunn