The Most Lamentable Comedy of Pyramus and Thisbe
“You could be torn away from me, alas!, by death alone; yet you will not be able to be torn away even by death!”
September 30, 2024
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“You could be torn away from me, alas!, by death alone; yet you will not be able to be torn away even by death!”
By far, the most important reason language should be taught is that Scripture itself was written and continues to be preached with it.
Lutheran hymns are beautiful for their clear theology grounded in Scripture, and Ringwaldt’s hymn certainly supplies an excellent picture of great terror at God’s judgment and even greater comfort found in Christ.
With even a basic understanding of Latin, one can recognize words and phrases and grammar in a familiar psalm, or the Agnus Dei, or snippets of Augustine’s Confessions. And it is a thrill!
A noble and respected astronomer travels for months to kneel before a child and pray, “O God, make haste to help me.”
If there’s one thing that makes classical education “classical,” it is the study of the classical languages: Greek and Latin. Classical education also involves reading the famous literature written in those languages, and studying the times when those authors lived. But a classical education is made classical with the classical languages.