Sacred language is often defined as those languages which were present at the crucifixion. The phrase "Jesus, King of the Jews" is reported by St. Luke as having been inscribed upon the cross in three different languages, thereby sanctifing them as the first languages to proclaim Christ's divinity. St. Augustine defined these languages as "having precedence above all others. Ecclesiastical Latin in the Latin liturgical rites of the Catholic Church Koine Greek, the language the New Testament of the Christian Bible was originally written in, the Septuagint (a pre-Christian Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible), as well as the liturgical language of the Greek Orthodox Church and the Greek Catholic Church. Hebrew and Aramaic were the two original languages the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) of the Christian Bible was written in. Hebrew's inscription upon the cross makes it one of the three sacred languages. Some religious nomenclature was borrowed from these languages.  Church Slavonic in several of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches and sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches Old Georgian in the Georgian Orthodox Church and the Georgian Byzantine-Rite Catholic Church Classical Armenian in the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian Catholic Church Ge'ez in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Ethiopian Catholic Church and Eritrean Orthodox Church Coptic in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Coptic Catholic Church Syriac in Syriac Christianity represented by the Syriac Orthodox Church, Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Catholic Church, Maronite Church and Saint Thomas Christian Churches King James English in the Orthodox Church in America, the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, English-speaking parishes of ROCOR, among English-language parishes of other Orthodox jurisdictions, by the various Anglican churches as well as in the Personal Ordinariate within the Latin Catholic Church.
Sacred language is often defined as those languages which were present at the crucifixion. The phrase "Jesus, King of the Jews" is reported by St. Luke as having been inscribed upon the cross in three different languages, thereby sanctifing them as the first languages to proclaim Christ's divinity. Koine Greek, the language the New Testament of the Christian Bible was originally written in, the Septuagint (a pre-Christian Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible), as well as the liturgical language of the Greek Orthodox Church and the Greek Catholic Church. Hebrew and Aramaic were the two original languages the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) of the Christian Bible was written in. Hebrew's inscription upon the cross makes it one of the three sacred languages. Some religious nomenclature was borrowed from these languages. Ecclesiastical Latin in the Latin liturgical rites of the Catholic Church Church Slavonic in several of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches and sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches Old Georgian in the Georgian Orthodox Church and the Georgian Byzantine-Rite Catholic Church Classical Armenian in the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian Catholic Church Ge'ez in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Ethiopian Catholic Church and Eritrean Orthodox Church Coptic in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Coptic Catholic Church Syriac in Syriac Christianity represented by the Syriac Orthodox Church, Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Catholic Church, Maronite Church and Saint Thomas Christian Churches King James English in the Orthodox Church in America, the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, English-speaking parishes of ROCOR, among English-language parishes of other Orthodox jurisdictions, by the various Anglican churches as well as in the Personal Ordinariate within the Latin Catholic Church.
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St. Augustine defined these languages as "having precedence above all others.
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Ecclesiastical Latin in the Latin liturgical rites of the Catholic Church
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Ecclesiastical Latin in the Latin liturgical rites of the Catholic Church