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Posted by: jasonian ( )
Date: November 05, 2011 11:45AM
Name of the church

I love languages. I admit it.

That's also why I hate the Book of Mormon. Joseph Smith thinks Elijah and Elias are two different people, hehehe.

Clueless.

Anyway. I tried to see what languages I could find the Book of Mormon in.

Was there a Latin one? Ah, no. I could only find the first chapter of the Book in Latin. Ah well... but what's the church called in Latin then? eh?

Nobody knows. Just look at this discussion: http://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disputatio:Ecclesia_Iesu_Christi_Diebus_Ultimis_Sanctorum

Maybe something for the Prophet to address?

In Swedish the name of the Church is properly written:

"Jesu Kristi kyrka av sista dagars heliga"

literally translated to:

"Jesus Christ's church of last days' holies"

It's a stupid name even in Swedish. We have a native word for saint, "helgon". Of course it's not used.

Today, btw, is Allhelgonadagen and tomorrow it is Alla helgons dag. Both terms mean (All Saints' Day), but the first one is the more archaic term and is the secular holiday while the second one is a modern term and the religious one.

Maybe I should celebrate the real saints? eh? Like the real martyrs of religion and irreligion everywhere?

Maybe light a candle for them? Maybe a candle for the MMM? Or the gay suicides?

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Posted by: schweizerkind ( )
Date: November 05, 2011 12:37PM
The German name is a mouthful, too . . .

"Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der letzten Tage" -- literal English translation: "Church of Jesus Christ of the saints of the last days." And it sounds just as dumb in German.

Trippingly-off-the-tongue-it-don't-roll-ly yrs,

S

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Posted by: cludgie ( )
Date: November 05, 2011 06:19PM
Or try...

Te'etara tia a Jetu Matia ite fea mo'a ite mao mahana hopea ne.

(Sorry if the spelling's off. I was never good at spelling Tahitian.)

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Posted by: freeman ( )
Date: November 05, 2011 05:15PM
Re: Name of the church

TO be fair, they are no worse than the English original, both in terms of tripping off the tongue and use of modern, contemporary language.

Nobody says "latter-day" in English ever. And "Saints" are all dead people from history.

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Posted by: imalive ( )
Date: November 05, 2011 06:04PM
Re: Name of the church

I thought All Saints Day is November 1st?

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