How do I address the Pope in Latin?

[Daniel Hoehr]

Okay, a friend in the Catholic newsgroup I'm posting in would like to
make people write a letter to the Pope on a matter too tricky (and
off-topic) to be explained here. I already did that a year ago, but I
want to write again in that matter and I thought I could combine that
with some Latin language practice (i.e. write the darned thing in Latin
-- maybe I'll get an answer then. If not, I'll have written a letter in
Latin and learned something <cough cough> useful).

Does anybody know the correct way to address the Pope in Latin
(especially salutaion)? Is there any information available (online,
preferably) as to form of a letter of this kind? Is there anything like
a formal way of addressing somebody (like the plural forms of the
sencond person in German and rench)?

Any information vastly appreciated....

Daniel

[Rolleston]

There's a letter on-line:

http://www.kuria.lublin.pl/prawo/synod_1928/acta_synodalia.htm

Another useless suggestion! I very much doubt that you would get
away with that unless you happened to be that author. But I know
nothing about these matters.

Don't try [http://www.vaticano.it] unless your special interest is
"plastic webbings for furniture". The actual address, as you no
doubt know, is [http://www.vatican.va].

Uselessly,

R.

[Daniel Hoehr]

Post by Rolleston
http://www.kuria.lublin.pl/prawo/synod_1928/acta_synodalia.htm

Wow there's a lot to read...

Post by Rolleston
Another useless suggestion! I very much doubt that you would get
away with that unless you happened to be that author. But I know
nothing about these matters.
Don't try [http://www.vaticano.it] unless your special interest is
"plastic webbings for furniture". The actual address, as you no
doubt know, is [http://www.vatican.va].
Uselessly,

Hey, that was all quite useful indeed!

Post by Rolleston
R.

DH

[Johannes Patruus]

Post by Daniel Hoehr
Okay, a friend in the Catholic newsgroup I'm posting in would like to
make people write a letter to the Pope on a matter too tricky (and
off-topic) to be explained here. I already did that a year ago, but I
want to write again in that matter and I thought I could combine that
with some Latin language practice (i.e. write the darned thing in Latin
-- maybe I'll get an answer then. If not, I'll have written a letter in
Latin and learned something <cough cough> useful).
Does anybody know the correct way to address the Pope in Latin
(especially salutaion)? Is there any information available (online,
preferably) as to form of a letter of this kind? Is there anything like
a formal way of addressing somebody (like the plural forms of the
sencond person in German and rench)?
Any information vastly appreciated....

"Sanctitas tua, or vestra, or sanctissime pater", according to:
http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/encyc/encyc09/htm/iv.iii.xxxii.htm

Also "Beatissime pater":
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Beatissime+pater%22+pope

As to the form of a letter, all I could find is how to write a petition:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11777a.htm

Johannes

[Daniel Hoehr]

Post by Johannes Patruus

Post by Daniel Hoehr
Okay, a friend in the Catholic newsgroup I'm posting in would like to
make people write a letter to the Pope on a matter too tricky (and
off-topic) to be explained here. I already did that a year ago, but I
want to write again in that matter and I thought I could combine that
with some Latin language practice (i.e. write the darned thing in Latin
-- maybe I'll get an answer then. If not, I'll have written a letter in
Latin and learned something <cough cough> useful).
Does anybody know the correct way to address the Pope in Latin
(especially salutaion)? Is there any information available (online,
preferably) as to form of a letter of this kind? Is there anything like
a formal way of addressing somebody (like the plural forms of the
sencond person in German and rench)?
Any information vastly appreciated....

http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/encyc/encyc09/htm/iv.iii.xxxii.htm
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Beatissime+pater%22+pope
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11777a.htm
Johannes

Great, thanks!

DH

[Glenn P.,]

...I thought I could combine [writing to the Pope] with some Latin
language practice (i.e. write the darned thing in Latin...) [learn]
something <cough cough> useful).

Just as an offhand piece of unsolicited (but in my opinion elementary)
advice, I think it is an EXTREMELY bad idea to address the Pope in any
language in which you are not thoroughly proficient... unless you enjoy
the prospect of making an ass of yourself to the Pope!

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