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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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 Perfect Reading Aid
This is a reading aid rather than a research tool; it is perfect for quickly looking up words while reading but does not offer any extra linguistic information. The entries are concise, giving you the translation of the word without having to sort through extraneous data. No etymologies or examples are given, and vowels are not marked as long as short. This makes it extremely easy to read as the text is large and clear, while keeping the volume itself slim. The accents are marked, which makes the words instantly readable. Anyone with a basic knowledge of how Latin vowels and accents work should be able to look at the word and know how to pronounce it, despite the lack of vowel markings. The book is solidly built, if quite plain, with nice, heavier paper. This is all substance over style; after the three page preface then the rest is all definitions, with a short appendix at the end which explains some of the terms in more detail. Completely utilitarian, it is perfect as a quick reading aid.  Ecclesiatical Latin Dictionary
The book arrived before the scheduled due date, and it was in perfect condition. I would definitely do business with Amazon again. Thanks! Dictionary of Eccl Latin
Except for Lewis and Short this is the Best Desktop Version I have seen. Good to have for Eccl Latin as opposed to Classical Latin. Anyone who is interested in learning what Church Fathers have written, this is essential. Languages capture the essences of what the original writer writes. This is the best to offer short of taking a class. Excellent
First a little background of where I stand: I learned Latin using Collins Ecclesiastical Latin, with the sole purpose to be able to pray the Liturgia Horarum in Latin. After having finished studying from the Collins text, I found I still didn't know a whole lot of words from the Office text. So I bought Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin.
I can say that this book has proven to be a "must have" while praying the Office. It has not disappointed me at all, and I don't know how I could manage praying the Office without it.
For those of you in my boat, this book is well worth the purchase. A Nifty little resource for studying my Latin Bible
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.
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