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Concerning Latin, the letters of Paul cannot be used as evidence against
Latin and on favour of Greek as the language of Rome and its provinces. Latin
was well alive and this fact is confirmed by its fruiets: the Romance
languages that are still spoken in the former Roman territories (Castillian,
Galego, Catala, Rumanian, Italian, Portuguese, French etc).
Of course, the influence of Greek is evident in these languages, but we
cannot refer to Greek as the mother language of these ones. Latin was the
mother tongue and to be so it must have been a very common language. ...
... Why Paul choose to write in Greek rather than Latin. I have no idea. Of course, in the region of Northern Israel or Palestine in those days Greek was common too. On the cross the title was written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin.
Could it be possible Paul's letter were written centuries later by Greek
Christians? (translated)
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