Description
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1927 as a guide for students, this book contains the syntactical rules for understanding the Latin used by the Fathers of the Western Church until 'the revival of learning'. Nunn also includes sample passages of Ecclesiastical Latin from the Vulgate New Testament with notes explaining relevant grammatical points.
Table of ContentsThe origin and character of ecclesiastical Latin; Part I. Syntax: 1. Sentences; 2. Nouns; 3. Pronouns; 4. Verbs; 5. The imperative mood: the subjunctive mood in principal clauses; 6. Noun clauses; 7. Adjectival clauses; 8. Adverbial clauses; 9. Participles; 10. Gerund, gerundive and supine; 11. Questions; 12. Adjectives; 13. Prepositions; Part II. Extracts from Ecclesiastical Writers: 1. Visiones Perpetua; 2. Jesus Christus patientiae exemplar Cyprian; 3. Quid est voluntas dei? Cyprian; 4. Quare justus cum Christo esse desiderat Cyprian; 5. De defectu fidei in tribulatione Cyprian; 6. Quod filii dei patri similes esse debent Cyprian; 7. De judicio dimini in Arianos Ambrose; 8. Somnium hieronymi Jerome; 9. De vita clericorum Jerome; 10. De miseriis Augustini in pueritia Augustine; 11. Oratio pro monnica matre sua Augustine; 12. De vita beati papae Gregorii Bede; 13. De adventu Augustini ad praedicandum genti anglorum Bede; 14. De colloquio Augustini cum episcopis brittonum Bede; 15. De vita et transitu ad dominum sancti Columbae Adamnan; 16. De bono fidei Thomas Aquinas; 17. De fructibus incarnationis Thomas Aquinas; 18. Quare orare debemus ut fiat voluntas dei Thomas Aquinas; 19. Qualiter homo desolatus se debet in manus dei offerre Thomas a Kempis; Index of texts quoted.
