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Ecclesiastical Latin: A Primer on the Language of the Church offers a thorough introduction to the Latin language in 32 chapters, which can be completed in one academic year. The text presents each section in plain language, fully explaining complicated grammar terms which may be unfamiliar to a contemporary audience. Every chapter includes copious examples and practice sentences of the grammar covered, as well as stories drawn from the Vulgate, or Church tradition. In addition to encountering the vocabulary and grammar in practice sentences, the text also offers prayers from the liturgy which illustrate the grammar, as well as sentences which come directly from the corpus of original Ecclesiastical Latin. By the end of the book, students will feel comfortable reading through the Vulgate or praying the liturgy in Latin with more understanding. The grammar structures for each chapter roughly follow the organization of grammar as it is presented in Hans Orberg's Lingua Latina. The student can thus practice more of the language in full immersion with confidence, while also learning the vocabulary and style of later Ecclesiastical Latin.

This supplemental guide to Ecclesiastical Latin: a Primer on the Language of the Church includes provides important aids to both the instructor and those using the book for self-study. Within the book, the reader will find some thoughts on the nature of translation and how best to approach translating the Latin sentences found in the main book. Many of the translations given of the fabulae fictae, sententiae interpretandae, and sententiae fictae include additional explanations and guides as to why the sentences are translated in the way they are. Moreover, the translations provided help clarify in the mind of the student of Latin what is happening in the Latin on the other side of the translation. In sum, this guide contains an introduction to translation, translations of the stories and answers to the questions in Latin, in addition to translation of all the exercises of the main book. It also has many additional comments on the translations themselves.