ext_31828 ([identity profile] siggen1.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] mash_slash2005-03-30 02:15 pm
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Um... I'm not catholic, so I don't really know this stuff.
Would Father Mulcahy, being a priest and all, pray his rosary in Latin or English?
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[identity profile] vampirespider.livejournal.com 2005-03-30 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Latin, I'm assuming, since English wasn't even included in American/English masses until 1964 or 65, with the advent of Vatican II.

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[personal profile] subluxate 2005-03-30 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty sure it's Latin.

[identity profile] stillwell.livejournal.com 2005-03-31 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely Latin.

[identity profile] yndigot.livejournal.com 2005-04-01 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
As a Catholic, I have to say that whether or not some people said the rosary in Latin, I have no I idea, but I don't believe it was ever a requirement. It is completely independent of the mass and was developed c. 9th century by some spititual Celts who themselves probably did not know Latin. Often when the mass was in Latin, people who didn't understand Latin would pray the rosary during the service because it was something that they did understand.

[identity profile] yonmei.livejournal.com 2005-04-01 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Latin, definitely.

He might very well have originally learned the prayers for his rosary in English when he was a child, but he would have learned them in Latin while studying to be a priest.

Actually, I suppose "it depends" - it's just possible that if he were in a state of real shock and reverting to childhood, he might start praying in English.

FAQ (http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq07.html) about rosary-prayers here.

[identity profile] yonmei.livejournal.com 2005-04-01 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
And more (http://www.dailycatholic.org/issue/2002Nov/nov19tra.htm).
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