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CHRISTIAN, starting from Roman-sounding Minucius Felix down through the clearly Christian writers Lactantius and St. Augustine. There is a vast amount of writing in this area, Migne's collection of the Church Fathers' writings has not only huge size, but a great deal of cultural and sociological interest, beside the obvious value to theologians.
Originally posted by captinofcats
I had a question that was asked in a different thread but after it was not answered i figured it probably desearved its own thread since it was a little off topic.
Given the current discussion of where language itself originated in the thread mentioned, of what was the first spoken language, Why is it that we have this common conception that where demonology is concerned, Latin is always the primary language which seems to be used and even spoken in cases of demonic possession and or demonic language. I assume evil was around before Latin?
any thoughts on why this might be?
[edit on 15-8-2006 by captinofcats]
It's an arcane language, Satan being the Liar of Liar's.
Originally posted by dr_strangecraft
from the classical period, Latin was the language of learning, and of historians. It could be understood by scholars from Portugal to Vienna for more than 1700 years. The reason that Latin was used for medicine and science up until WWII was that it was an international language.
Rome's culture was as pervasive in the ancient world as American culture is in the modern world
Originally posted by dr_strangecraft
Language and culture are two different things. We americans speak English in a bastardized form, but the culture we spead is definitely our own creation:
Originally posted by Marduk
Rome's culture was as pervasive in the ancient world as American culture is in the modern world
surely you mean English culture Byrd
last time i checked the only person claiming an american language existed was Bill Gates
Originally posted by BattleofBatoche
I would think that Hebrew would be a better language for communicating with demons.
I also heard that Hebrew is a numerical language and even more strange that English is a relatively new language that is numerical identical to Hebrew but backwards.
Originally posted by Byrd
All cultures, by the way, had formulas and incantations for demons and evil spirits. The artifacts from ancient Egypt are full of these charms and incantations... likewise Sumeria/Babylon/India/China, etc. The Americas seem free of this... none of the native cultures (including Aztec/Inca/Maya) had a demonology tradition.
Originally posted by DragonsDemesne
Also, there was a book called the Malleus Maleficarum (sp?) that was written in latin. It translates to 'hammer of the witches'. It mentions a bunch of stuff about demons and familiar spirits and that sort of thing. Basically, it was supposed to help the inquisitors (or whatever they were called) know how to identify witches