History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Just a warning.
Ecclesiastical latin
It's OK...for a dead form of communication
Good dictionary

Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin
Leo F. Stelten
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ASIN: 1565631315

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Leo Stelten has put to use his years of experience teaching Latin in compiling this concise reference book. The Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin includes approximately 17,000 words with the common meanings of the Latin terms found in church writings. Entries cover Scripture, Canon Law, the Liturgy, Vatican II, the early church fathers, and theological terms. This volume will prove to be an invaluable resource for theological students, as well as for those seeking to improve their knowledge of ecclesiastical Latin. An appendix also provides descriptions of ecclesiastical structures and explains technical terms from ecclesiastical law. The Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin has already been widely praised for its serviceability and indispensability in both academic and Church settings.

"For seminarians studying for the priesthood, the Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin by Leo F. Stelten will be helpful for examining Vatican documents in the original language, papal encyclicals and allocutions, publications on church liturgy, and Cannon Law volumes. This product of years of teaching, now updated, will be a happy resource in chanceries as well. The format is easy to follow and the vocabulary of some 17,000 words and phrases is quite adequate."
Â—Reverend Joseph F. Downey, S. J., Editorial Director, Loyola University Press, Chicago, Illinois

"A working knowledge of Latin is important for anyone who wishes to study the nearly two thousand years of living tradition of the Catholic Church. It is essential for those who wish to study seriously the sacred sciences of philosophy, theology, and cannon law. Father Leo Stelten, drawing upon his long experiences in teaching Latin to students for the priesthood, has developed in his Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin a most helpful tool both for those who are beginning their study of the church's lingua materna, as well as for those who are working to renew and improve their knowledge of church Latin."
Â—Monsignor Raymond L. Burke, Supremum Signaturae Apostolicae Tribunal, Vatican City, Rome

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A Nifty little resource for studying my Latin Bible.......2007-08-01

This is a superb dictionary for anyone wishing to read the Bible in Latin. One does not need to be familiar with Latin to use this dictionary. And no need to refer to a classical dictionary. It is based on the Oxford Edition of the New Testament where it does not seem to miss a word. I have also used it with other editions of the Latin Bible. I use it to read Church documents at the Lambeth Palace library. I also use another more general Collins dictionary but only to refer to occasionally as most of the words can be found in this dictionary.
If you are studying the Latin Bible the dictionary being smaller saves time. If you are studying the Latin language then it not suitable.

Just a warning........2007-06-16

The entries in this dictionary do not indicate long and short vowels: no macrons. Syllable stress is indicated by diacritic marks.

This may be the best or only Ecclesiastical dictionary on the market, but someone should write a new one with macrons. They are essential to pronunciation and syllable-emphasis understanding in Eccl. Latin education. By association, syllable emphasis decided the complex, beautiful inflectional system of Latin. And so macrons, whether disregarded or not, are essential to the presentation of the Latin language. Both this dictionary and TAN's "Latin Grammar" represent ignorance in language-acquisition by reducing Latin's rule-bound syllable-emphasis system based on a dual-vowel system to a mere diacritical mark above 'stressed vowel' which is to be memorized in a arbitrary manner. What ignorance. It's a real language!

But what the TAN book lacks in grammatical explanation and pronunciation, it makes up in zeal and piety, something "Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin" lacks from the get-go. I'd rather memorize diacritics in ignorance than ponder the mistake of a Latin Rite seperated from Latin.

Ecclesiastical latin.......2007-01-10

I use this almost every day and find it exactly what I was looking for.

It's OK...for a dead form of communication.......2006-10-29

If you enjoy research, reading the early fathers' sermons, keeping up with your Latin,or simply and old time Catholic that is more than ready for the Holy Father to allow a Latin Mass you need this dictionary. The missal is sure not going to tell you what the word means and even "Hail Holy Queen" looses something in translation. It is an adequate resource but for the money it is a great resource.

Good dictionary.......2006-10-01

This dictionary contains terms that one would need to know for reading Church documents. Unfortunately, I give it three stars because it only goes from Latin-English. If you're trying to write in Latin, you'll be quite frustrated and need to find another dictionary. But if you're simply reading, this book will do the job admirably.

An Answer Key to a Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin: A Supplement to the Text by John F. Collins

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An Answer Key to a Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin: A Supplement to the Text by John F. Collins

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ASIN: 0813214696

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This long-awaited volume provides an answer key to the drills and exercises contained in each of the units of John F. Collins's bestselling A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin. Written for those charged with the responsibility of teaching the Latin of the church, the primer aims to give the student--within one year of study--the ability to read ecclesiastical Latin. Thirty-five instructional units provide the grammar and vocabulary, and supplemental readings offer a survey of church Latin from the fourth century to the Middle Ages. Included is the Latin of Jerome's Bible, of canon law, of the liturgy and papal bulls, of scholastic philosophers, and of the Ambrosian hymns.

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Not quiet starting over.......2007-04-12

Having a bit of a background in Latin helps with this book going in. But it does seem to move slowly enough in the beginning that someone with no previous Latin should be able to pick it up and learn.

Excellent Book, Fast Service.......2007-03-10

We need more books like this one that provide instruction in Ecclesiastical/Medieval Latin. The answer key is a godsend! Wouldn't it be nice to have a textbook on Medieval Latin Composition along the lines of Bradley's Arnold with an answer key? Perhaps a scholar will write one!

It's about time........2007-02-18

I had been struggling with Collins' Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin. I completed all the exercises and drills but had no idea if my answers were correct. Dunlap's book removes all doubt and I can progress knowing that I'm headed in the right direction. Now I believe that I am truly learning and it is about time.

Perfect for self-study.......2007-02-17

John Dunlap has filled a void Latin students have felt for years: an approved answer key to accompany the standard text of ecclesiastical Latin. It's a terrific little book, especially for those interested in self-study. Dunlap wastes no space and provides crisp answers and responses to Professor Collins' drills.

Very useful.......2007-01-05

In addition to lists of answers by chapter, this book contains some minor errata for Collins' text. Accompanying many answers are helpful explanations and references to concepts in Collins with page numbers.

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Excellent
Best Instruction Book For Latin On The Market
Learning Latin
Great text, despite the authorial asides

Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin
John F. Collins
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There's room for improvement.......2007-09-03

While this book does deliver according to its promises, like anything else, there is room for improvement.

My issue with this book is the author's teaching style. If you are an Anglophone trying to learn Latin, the first thing you'll learn is that the grammar system is completely different. For example, with the nouns alone, there are five different cases, and all in all, 80 different possible endings.

It's good to have this book around as a backup to help you understand things more clearly, but for your main text, you might want to stick with Latin Grammar, by Cora and Charles Scanlon.

The problem with this Collins book is that the author's explanations are unecessarily complicated.

For example, Collins defines the Ablative Case as "used to express separation, motion away from, manner, location, agency and intrumentality" (page 6).

The Scanlon book, on the other hand, defines it as used after most prepositions (3). Scanlon's explanation is much simpler than the excessively-complicated Collins book.

Another example, Collins describes the Genitive Case as "A word use to limit or qualify the meaning of another word" (also on page 6).

Scanlon, however, simply defines the Genitive Case as the Possessive Case (3). Again, the explanation is much simpler; it doesn't need to be as complicated as Collins makes it out to be.

As an Anglophone studying Latin, you'll be challenged enough with having to learn the grammar system. The last things you need are explanations that are just too complicated.

Excellent.......2007-08-31

This is the book for you if you want to pray or read Church documents in Latin. The author is able to teach the important concepts without appearing too theoretical. You'll be speaking and reading Latin in no time. I would recommend the companion volume, An Answer Key to a Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin: A Supplement to the Text by John F. Collins, because each chapter has exercises that you will want to make sure you've mastered before proceeding.

Best Instruction Book For Latin On The Market.......2007-06-04

Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin is really THE first instruction book for the Latin language even for people that don't want to just study Chruch Latin. It is the best value that gives the best instruction possible from a book. Any student that studies from this book will easily be able to read and understand, without translating, the works of ancient autors like Caesar to Christian writers like Augustine all the way to the modern day news services published in Latin everyday. The author of this book was someone who held conversations in Latin everyday and didn't just read it off a page.

If I were to write a review that simply praised this book I would only need to copy all the great things that have already been written. However, let me direct my comments to anyone who is looking at this book and trying to decide to buy it or another book on Latin such as perhaps the Wheelock text. Some people may have a reason to use the Wheelock text but the Primer of Eccclesiastical Latin is a far better book.

First let me compare teaching method. Wheelock uses the memorize grammar and translate method that has been shown by ESL and other second language teachers the world over to be inadequate for learning a language. P.E.L. teaches the grammar and has some translation exercises but the main teaching strength of the book are the numerous drills that will get you using the Latin to express your own ideas and thoughts. This method will get you using the natural inflection of the Latin language in your head without the need to look up the correct form from the back of the book every ten minuets as happens to Wheelock students. P.E.L. from the very start shows you the Latin language as a tool for communication and not simply a code for English as is the sole focus of the Wheelock text. PEL gives you a focused vocabulary of words you are likely to use soon and often since they are familiar and useful while it avoids throwing strange words at you that were only every used by one Latin writer such as Cicero or Catullus. The Wheelock vocabulary sections throw a lot of strange archaic, even for Latin, words at the student that have little or no conection to other languages and would be completley unfamiliar to the student, thus causing them to have to look up words in the back of the book constantly.

The pronunciation in PEL is a natural sounding, very fluid pronunciation that has been the pronunciation of Latin for over 2000 years and is the begining of the beauty so often noticed in the romance languages such as French. The pronunciation used in Wheelock is based on a theory that is yet unproven and indeed is unprovable. It changes the way a lot of words are pronounced thus making them sound very strange, kind of like Klingon. The pronunciation of words as taught by Wheelock make the words hard to say so the author of that text relys on macron to form the "correct spelling" of a Latin word as a visual aid to knowing the difference between similarly spelt words. PEL doesn't need these since you will be saying the word correctly from the beginning and will be able to hear the difference. Wheelock claims to be staying true to the way the original "Romans" used the language and this is the reason for the discontinued use of the letter 'J', if true I want to know where he found macron in ancient writings. PEL has retained the use of the letter J as is proper since this aids in understanding, notice understanding and not translation, and correct pronunciation. Wheelock would have you guessing when to use the letter I as if it were a J and when not to do so. PEL also gives you the correct understanding of where to put the stress on a word as you say the word and then shows how this stress was what seperates 2nd from 3rd conjugations so that you don't have to look up the word in the back of the book, you will know how to conjugate it in your head and will do it naturally.

The grammar sections of PEL are presented in a straghtforward manner with easy to understand explanations to distinguish between similar structures. PEL in this regard is a simple and serious book. Wheelock also presents the grammar pretty well but you need to keep in mind that the grammar sections in Wheelock come way too slowly. The grammar in Wheelock is mixed in with lots of ad libed sections about the authors personal ideas about Roman Culture. Wheelock is in a sense only 40% a book on Latin and 60% a book on Roman political, and decidant culture. PEl will have you creating meaningful sentences while Wheelock will have you translating bits about putting people to death and how Roman women 'stripped the bark' off of Roman men and what the correct way to pray to Roman gods is. On top of everything already said, PEL actually exposes the learner to more grammar then the Wheelock text and is therefore more exhausetive and a greater value. All the grammar in Wheelock is talked about in PEL and then PEL goes furter.

The PEL text doesn't lie to the reader. Wheelock makes several assumptions about why the Latin language does a certain thing that are just lies told to the student to help them translate more quickly but prevents actual understanding of the structure. Wheelock aserts that the imperfect subjunctive is formed from the present infinitive when really they look alike by accident. Wheelock says that the subjunctive is the "might, could, would" mood of the verb where PEL correctly identifies the subjunctive a simply a syntax and grammar tense without meaning outside of idiom similar to the 'TE' form of a verb in other inflexive languages like Japanese. Wheelock states that fear clauses used to be two seperate sentences where PEL correctly shows that they are always the same sentence. Wheelock incorrectly labels the gerundive as the gerund in the translation formula given in chapter 39 of that book. PEL give you the correct understanding of both the gerund and the gerundive so that you will not confuse them in the first place. Consturctions that Wheelock tells you are imposible in Latin, PEL correctly shows is possible and useful but it just doesn't fit into the quick Latin to English translation method of Wheelock.

PEL presents itself first and foremost as a text to learn the Latin language. It has Ecclesiatical in the title but don't think that you will only be learning the Mass or the liturgy. This is a book that will get you using Latin and understanding Latin so that you can understand the mass when you go and not just translate it into English. Wheelock sets itself up to not just be a text on the Latin language but also a primer on ancient Rome. PEL leaves the extra study into either ancient Rome or modern Roman culture for another book and gives you the Latin language. PEL presents Latin as a complete and full language that is not defective, dead or broken as is suggested by Wheelock. After the study of PEL you will be able to say off the top of your head "my dad can beat up your dad". I doubt a Wheelock student coud accomplish this.

Learning Latin.......2007-04-12

This book is the perfect companion to the Collins Ecclesiastical Latin book and a neccesary accompaniment if you are working on your own.

Great text, despite the authorial asides.......2006-08-14

From the introduction:

"The chief aim of this text is to give the student -- within a year of study -- the ability to read eccelesiastical Latin. Although Latin is no longer the universal language of the Church, it continues to shape our thinking about theological matters in the form of vocabulary drawn from texts. Further, while the vernacular has permanently come in, it is still true that anyone wishing to study Augustine or Aquinas must know Latin."

First, contrary to Collins's assertion, Latin is indeed the universal language of the Church. It is the language of canon law, of papal documents like encyclicals, and of the official missal from which vernacular translations are derived.

Second, whether or not the vernacular has "permanently come in" (to the liturgy) is beside the point; from a Catholic point of view, English, Spanish, French, or Swahili are legitimate to the extent they convey the meaning expressed in the Latin original.

In any event, Collins is a standard, recognized text, and I recommend it for learning the *universal* language of the Church, cringe-worthy authorial asides notwithstanding.

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Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin
Leo Stelton
Manufacturer: Loreto Publications
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Leo Stelton has put to use his years of experience teaching Latin in compiling this concise reference book. The Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin includes approximately 17,000 words with the common meaning of Latin terms found in Church writings.

Dictionary of the Vulgate New Testament (Nouum Testamentum Latine ): A Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin

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Dictionary of the Vulgate New Testament (Nouum Testamentum Latine ): A Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin
JM Harden
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Dictionary of the Vulgate New Testament (Nouum Testamentum Latine ): A Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin This is a English Latin dictionary specifically written for those seeing to understand the Vulgate New Testament (Nouum Testamentum Latine). Many years in its compilation JM Harden's dictionary was compiled for those wishing to study the New Testament in Latin. This specialized dictionary is much easier to use, than one of the larger and more expensive Latin dictionaries which would otherwise be required for all the words in the Latin bible. Use JM Harden's Latin dictionary to study the Saint Jerome's Vulgate New Testament in any edition these include: The Oxford edition of Bishop J. Wordsworth and H.J.White 1911, Fleck's edition of 1840 Constantin von Tischendorf's edition of 1864. The Dictionary of the Vulgate New Testament, by J. M. Harden, provides concise glosses of all the words in the 1911 Oxford critical edition of the Vulgate New Testament, excepting those words where the meaning is plain from the English cognate (such as corruptio) and certain common words that are best covered in the grammars. In addition, introductory materials explain differences between the Oxford edition and the Clementine edition of the Vulgate, and orthographical differences between the editions are noted in the front matter and in the articles themselves. The Dictionary also serves as a mini-concordance, as the articles contain many citations to the text of the New Testament itself. In our opinion the Oxford edition of the Vulgate New Testament is the best edition as it is based on the oldest and best manuscripts of the Vulgate. In 1907 Pope Pius X commissioned the monks of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Jerome in Rome to prepare a critical edition of Jerome's Vulgate as a basis for a revision of the Clementine Bible. Only the Old Testament was ever completed and not the New Testament because there was already a critical Latin New Testament this was the Oxford edition of Wordsworth and White. The JM Harden's dictionary is a companion dictionary for anyone wishing to study the New Testament in Latin. The Vulgate New Testament (Nouum Testamentum Latine) Oxford Edition by Bishop Wordsworth and White is available from Simon Wallenberg Press.

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Superb!! Superb!! what a find, most useful book for my bible reading I have bought this year........2007-08-15

If you can only afford one dictionary for your bible study buys this one.

This dictionary was compiled as a companion dictionary to the smaller Oxford Latin edition of the Vulgate New Testament.

All the classical words are here

Beside the Oxford edition I also use it for the Clementine edition

I have own both Latin dictionaries sold at Amazon I have reviewed the other one, but i will give this one top marks too. I like this one because its more focused on the Latin words in the News testament and more compact.

This is a superb dictionary for anyone wishing to read the Bible in Latin. One does not need to be familiar with Latin to use this dictionary. And no need to refer to a classical dictionary.

It is based on the Oxford Edition of the New Testament where it does not seem to miss a word. I have also used it with other editions of the Latin Bible.

As I mentioned in my other review I used it to read Church documents at the Lambeth Palace library. I also use another more general Collins dictionary but only to refer to occasionally as most of the words can be found in this dictionary.

If you are studying the Latin Bible the dictionary being smaller saves time.

The cyclopÃ¦dia of practical quotations: English and Latin, with an appendix containing proverbs from the Latin and modern foreign languages; law and ecclesiastical ... quoted authors, etc., with copious indexes

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The cyclopÃ¦dia of practical quotations: English and Latin, with an appendix containing proverbs from the Latin and modern foreign languages; law and ecclesiastical ... quoted authors, etc., with copious indexes
Jehiel Keeler Hoyt
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A Latin ecclesiastical glossary [of] F. Pieper's Christian dogmatics

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A Latin ecclesiastical glossary [of] F. Pieper's Christian dogmatics
David P Scaer
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A Latin ecclesiastical glossary for Francis Pieper's Christian dogmatics

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A Latin ecclesiastical glossary for Francis Pieper's Christian dogmatics
David P Scaer
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The Old English Version of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Latin American Historical Dictionaries)

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The Old English Version of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Latin American Historical Dictionaries)
Bede
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