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Posted by: | November 4, 2014 | No Comment |

For centuries, Latin was the dominant language in what was then known as “Christendom.”  It remained dominant for so long for three main reasons: 1) It was an international language for the elites. The elite and literate across Christendom could understand Latin in both its verbal and written forms.  This gave the language a feeling […]

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