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random thought of the moment:
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
— , The Enlarged Devil’s Dictionary [1967]
translation
Language and Order
Witnessing all the recent hubbub about new English mass translation that's just been approved by US bishops and the ever-present tensions between rival Bible translators, I thought the following quite from Peter Berger's The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion might provoke interesting discussion.
"The social world constitutes a nomos both objectively and […]
Tongue Tied
William Oddie, in a Spectator
article, tells the English-speaking world a little about the new mass translation
in the works.
"The effect of hundreds of such changes
- impossible to convey without more space - has had a massive cumulative effect
not merely on the accuracy of the […]
Communication Breakdown
The New American Bible raises banality to an art form. The Good As New Bible is
a sin against the Holy Spirit.
Lost
in Translation
A reader send me a link to the following story. By now I am sure many people have
seen the story about the […]
Accustomed to Error
So people have gotten used to a bad translation. So what? Granted, the draft of the new mass needs some work to overcome some "clunky" wording, but that's the not the point. The mass needs to be translationally and theologically correct before it is "comfortable".
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Mass Discussion
The second article presents a pretty thorough, if biased, chronology of the development of the new mass.
British Bishops comment on new English Mass draft
" The liturgy office of the Bishops of England and Wales has praised the International Committee […]
