Abd_Yesua_alMasih
Puritan Board Junior
If anyone knows Latin I would be grateful if I have a question answered.
In the Apostles Creed it says 'Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem'. Here, when the creed is translated into English, the word 'omnipotentem' is translated into 'Almighty'.
In a second case there is an old Catholic prayer called the Sanctus. It goes (off memory so pardon my Latin...) 'Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth'. This is often translated as "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty".
I was wondering what theological differences are there in these two words? Are they effectively the same or is there really some form of difference in the meaning here?
I am not suggesting a bit conspiracy theory here "“ It is more out of interest concerning the differences. I should really stop learning screeds of foreign texts until I learn the languages themselves
In the Apostles Creed it says 'Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem'. Here, when the creed is translated into English, the word 'omnipotentem' is translated into 'Almighty'.
In a second case there is an old Catholic prayer called the Sanctus. It goes (off memory so pardon my Latin...) 'Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth'. This is often translated as "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty".
I was wondering what theological differences are there in these two words? Are they effectively the same or is there really some form of difference in the meaning here?
I am not suggesting a bit conspiracy theory here "“ It is more out of interest concerning the differences. I should really stop learning screeds of foreign texts until I learn the languages themselves