[Foundation-l] Ancient Greek Wikipedia, possible reconsideration

[geni]

On 19/04/2008, Nikola Smolenski <smolensk at eunet.yu> wrote:
> On Saturday 19 April 2008 14:32:38 geni wrote:
>  > On 19/04/2008, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > > Someone already mentioned that Koine Greek is the ecclesiastical
>  > >  language of the Greek Orthodox Church and they still use it actively.
>  > >  Maybe there aren't as many people in the GOC as in the Catholic church
>  > >  (by a long shot), but I think it still counts for something.
>  >
>  > Koine Greek is not Ancient Greek. Merely using it in the liturgy
>  > counts for nothing in any case the language remains fossilised. Simply
>  > Kyrie eleison on a slightly larger scale. The catholic church actually
>  > publishes a significant number of new documents in Latin.
>
>
> It is not used solely in the liturgy, and new texts are being written in it
>  today.


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geni