Answer: Latin is still the official language of the Catholic Church. Official church documents are still translated into Latin, and there is someone on staff in the Vatican who is responsible for the Latin language. The day to day working language in the Vatican is Italian.
At first, Latin was used because it was the dominant language in Rome where the church was centered. Greek, Latin, and Aramaic were other languages used in the early church. As Rome became more dominant, Latin become more central as a language as Christianity became the official religion of the Empire.
When the Empire fell apart, Latin remained important because it served as a universal language for all of Europe. Latin was what educated people learned, and it allowed people from different regions who spoke different languages to communicate.
In the 16th Century, the Council of Trent codified the mass into the form which would exist through the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. What became known as the Tridentine Mass was said exclusively in Latin, everywhere in the world, for over 400 years.
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1. Constitution - principles to governed by people.
2. representative- chosen to speak for others.
3. indenture -contract binding a person to serve.
4. separatists- wanted to leave church.
5. puritans- wanted to purify Anglican church.
6. boycott - refusal to buy or sell products.
African Americans were dealt with slavery and that they were lesser then the whites. In the 1800s congress abolished slavery and tried to make African Americans and whites equal but this did not happen until the 1900s.
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The framers of the constitution stated the processes involved in amending the constitutions.
The First Method
The constitution can be amended by the two-third majority of each house of congress (both the senate and House of Representatives) and ratified by the legislatures in three-fourths of the state.
The second method
The constitution can be amended if two-third of the state legislature vote to calls for it. In this case, the congress must call for a full constitutional convention.
Further Explanation
There are processes involve in the amendment of the constitution. Since the original constitution was approved in 1788, thousands of amendments that have been discussed. However, since 1789, the US constitution has been amended 27 times.
Ordinarily, the framers of the constitution clearly knew the amendment of the document is imminent and they sought for a better way to have the constitution amended. The processes outlined by the framers of the constitution in case of amendment were a successful one because they were able to achieve their aim.
The purpose of amending the constitution is to improve, correct or revise the entire document.
The first 10 amendments was the bill of right and were ratified in 1791. The bill of right protects the freedom of the American people. The bill of right also limits the power of the national government
The most recent amendment, the 27th amendment, was ratified in May 1992 and these prevent the members of congress from increasing their salaries and benefits.
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