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Dogmatically no, there areis no a holy language in to do services or to speak in.

There was a called Three-Language heresy, according to which it was said that the Christian has only three languages to use in church: Hebrew (not Aramaic), Greek, and Latin. This "" was based on the words [Luk[Luke 23:38 ]:

38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

and [John 19:20 ]:

20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

So some people are havinghave said that since in the is referred to the only three languages, so the can use the only those,those; even when it sendsends a mission to other non-christianChristian people, the first task is to learnteach the people to one of the languages, and then preach the .

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However, we need to say that in arguments of the heresy advocates were non-empty. The point is that a human is a complex being, and he understands the meanings of words, of speachspeech, inof which he useduses not the only one level to communicationcommunicate. So there areis a high style, a low or "trade" style of speachspeech, and of course a holy level. And this level of course may be used by a human to thefor prayer, and if human don't use the style, all his life is undergoingsubject to desacralizations. It is just one ofthe rules for rule. For example, the Solun brother had known this rule, and created the church-slavonicSlavonic language as an artificial one based on the Macedonian dialect of old-slavicSlavic language of that time.

In the present time we see the variousevarious languages which isare used as a sacral languagelanguages of a variuosvarious churches even non-Orthodox, or Catholic.

Dogmatically no, there are no a holy language in to do services or to speak in.

There was a called Three-Language heresy, according to which it was said that the Christian has only three languages to use in church: Hebrew (not Aramaic), Greek, and Latin. This "" was based on the words [Luk 23:38 ]:

38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

and [John 19:20 ]:

20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

So some people are having said that since in the is referred to the only three languages, so the can use the only those, even when it send a mission to other non-christian people, the first task is to learn the people to one of the languages, and then preach the .

During the times of enlightment of slavs the condamned the as a heresy, and recognized the slavic alphabeth as holy language, however exactly this heresy has been persistently preached by German missionaries, and after a series of discussions sparked condemnation by the Slavic teachers.

However, we need to say that in arguments of the heresy advocates were non-empty. The point is that human is complex being, and he understands the meanings of words, of speach, in which he used not the only level to communication. So there are high style, low or "trade" style of speach, and of course holy level. And this level of course may be used by a human to the prayer, and if human don't use the style, all his life is undergoing to desacralizations. It is just one of rule. For example, the Solun brother had known this rule, and created the church-slavonic language as an artificial one based on the Macedonian dialect of old-slavic language of that time.

In present time we see the variouse languages which is used as a sacral language of a variuos churches even non-Orthodox, or Catholic.

Dogmatically no, there is no holy language in to do services or to speak in.

There was a called Three-Language heresy, according to which it was said that the Christian has only three languages to use in church: Hebrew (not Aramaic), Greek, and Latin. This "" was based on the words [Luke 23:38 ]:

38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

and [John 19:20 ]:

20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

So some people have said that since the referred to only three languages, so the can use the only those; even when it sends a mission to other non-Christian people, the first task is to teach the people one of the languages, and then preach the .

During the times of enlightment of Slavs the condemned the as a heresy, and recognized the Slavic alphabet as a holy language, however exactly this heresy has been persistently preached by German missionaries, and after a series of discussions sparked condemnation by the Slavic teachers.

However, we need to say that in arguments of the heresy advocates were non-empty. The point is that a human is a complex being, and he understands the meanings of words, of speech, of which he uses not only one level to communicate. So there is a high style, a low or "trade" style of speech, and of course a holy level. And this level of course may be used by a human for prayer, and if human don't use the style, all his life is subject to desacralizations. It is just one the rules for . For example, the Solun brother had known this rule, and created the church-Slavonic language as an artificial one based on the Macedonian dialect of old-Slavic language of that time.

In the present time we see the various languages which are used as a sacral languages of a various churches even non-Orthodox, or Catholic.

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Dogmatically no, there are no a holy language in to do services or to speak in.

There was a called Three-Language heresy, according to which it was said that the Christian has only three languages to use in church: Hebrew (not Aramaic), Greek, and Latin. This "" was based on the words [Luk 23:38 ]:

38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

and [John 19:20 ]:

20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

So some people are having said that since in the is referred to the only three languages, so the can use the only those, even when it send a mission to other non-christian people, the first task is to learn the people to one of the languages, and then preach the .

During the times of enlightment of slavs the condamned the as a heresy, and recognized the slavic alphabeth as holy language, however exactly this heresy has been persistently preached by German missionaries, and after a series of discussions sparked condemnation by the Slavic teachers.

However, we need to say that in arguments of the heresy advocates were non-empty. The point is that human is complex being, and he understands the meanings of words, of speach, in which he used not the only level to communication. So there are high style, low or "trade" style of speach, and of course holy level. And this level of course may be used by a human to the prayer, and if human don't use the style, all his life is undergoing to desacralizations. It is just one of rule. For example, the Solun brother had known this rule, and created the church-slavonic language as an artificial one based on the Macedonian dialect of old-slavic language of that time.

In present time we see the variouse languages which is used as a sacral language of a variuos churches even non-Orthodox, or Catholic.