The translation of the Bible into English, German and
other vernacular languages coupled with Gutenberg's printing press caused a rapid distribution of the Bible.
Not exact matches
Moreover, he goes on to praise the ancient Latin orations for giving «an
other - worldly, superhuman atmosphere through their sense of age and mystery», which rather suggests that he was neither as favourable towards a
vernacular Mass, nor as opposed to the use of «archaic
language», as Fr Hill so confidently declares.
Like
other Protestants, Reformed teachers urged the use of the various
vernacular languages in worship and theological writing so as to enable the common people's participation.
It's bound to fail, just ask the Church how successful they were in trying to maintain power by keeping their books and traditions in a
language other than that of the common
vernacular.
They — along with many
other artists whose works could easily have fit in this exhibition — are
vernacular cosmopolitans of a kind, moving in - between cultural traditions, and revealing hybrid forms of life and art that do not have a prior existence within the discrete world of any single culture or
language.