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Title: Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin by John F. Collins ISBN: 0-8132-0667-7 Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr Pub. Date: August, 1985 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Tthe best Latin manuals on the market
Comment: The only Latin language manual that even remotely compares to John Collins' "Primer" is the well-known "Latin for Americans" high-school and college text. If you want to jump right into the language, however, and focus on predominately religious subjects, "A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin" is the text for you.
Collins' book is extremely well put together. It is effective, clear, and assumes little or no prior language study. The author uses few technical terms, and explains them when he does. While it's true that the book is only a primer (you won't quite be able to read Erasmus when you're finished) you'll make a good deal of headway into Latin. I can now read most of the New Testament, some of the Old, and even easier selections from classical Roman authors with practically no difficulty.
Cheap, too.
Rating: 4
Summary: An Excellent Collegiate Ecclesiastical Latin Text
Comment: I was first introduced to Collins' text when I was taking an Ecclesiastical Latin class at the Seminary that is part of my College's complex. I had 3 years of Latin in high school so most of what we did was a review. However, I noticed how quickly the text proceeds through the topics we covered in High School. It was quite different from the text series we used in high school, Ecce Romani, which gives many exercises and chances to strengthen vocabulary in each chapter. Collins' text teaches Latin concepts very briefly and then presents the reader with some exercises. In the end, I have found that this approach can be in many ways just as good as the approach that was used in my high school Latin course. I feel that for advanced, devoted study, this primer is, by far, an excellent choice for learning Latin. My only suggestion is not to use it if you can not devote a lot of time to just memorizing inflections and vocabulary. (If you feel that you would better benefit from having a book with more focus given to using the language to learn it, I suggest the Ecce Romani series.)
Rating: 5
Summary: Thorough coach for ecclesiastical latin in 1 year
Comment: The claim is true, use this resource and you'll be able to read ecclesiastical Latin in one year.
It does an adequate job of this by providing a systematic, stair-stepped approach sequencing through grammar, pronunciation, drills which are ecclesiastical in nature.
I enjoyed working through this and will continue to use it as resource and refresher. I advise and recommend it.
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Title: Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin by Leo F. Stelten ISBN: 1565631315 Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Biblia Sacra Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (104209) by Robert Weber ISBN: 3438053039 Publisher: American Bible Society Pub. Date: June, 1990 List Price(USD): $79.99 |
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Title: Consecrated Phrases: A Latin Theological Dictionary: Latin Expressions Commonly Found in Theological Writings by James T. Bretzke ISBN: 0814658806 Publisher: Michael Glazier Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Let's Read Latin : Introduction to the Language of the Church by Ralph M. McInerny ISBN: 188335725X Publisher: Dumb Ox Books Pub. Date: November, 1995 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: 501 Latin Verbs: Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses in a New Easy-To-Learn Format Alphabetically Arranged by Richard E. Prior, Joseph Wohlberg ISBN: 0812090500 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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