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Dr. Edward Peters

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8 Jan 2012

Be sure to check my SHMS Students Page for general information pertaining to all

of my courses!

Note: I allow students who have a bachelor's degree to opt out of quizzes, in which case the final exam is 75% of their grade, and class performance is 25%. Let me know by the beginning of the third class if you want to take this option.

Scheduling Note: On Wednesday, April 18, the last day of class, we will have an optional review session (like we did last semester). I won't take roll that day.

Sacred Heart Major Seminary Students

Beginning Ecclesiastical Latin II (LAT 122)

Mondays & Wednesdays, 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Room 110

General Remarks

This is the second semester of a four semester sequence of courses intended to prepare one to read, with the aid of a lexicon, ecclesiastical Latin prose texts with difficulty levels akin to those found in the Nova Vulgata, sacred liturgy, and some kinds of modern ecclesiastical documents. Command of grammatical forms is essential at introductory levels, so plan to memorize these patterns as they are encountered. I test on forms frequently, with or without notice, orally and in writing. All tests/quizzes/class drills count and are cumulative (less one low or missed quiz). From time to time you might want to access materials from my Ecclesiastical Latin webpages as a study aid. Grade is one-fourth class performance, one-fourth pop quizzes, one-half Final Exam. No midterm exam.

Required Text

• John Collins, A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin (Catholic University of America, 1988 or later). Always bring this book to class! We will cover twelve chapters of Collins in this second semester.

Optional Texts

The Undeclinables

Starring

Satis, Necesse, Fas & Nefas, and Mane

• J. Dunlap, An Answer Key to A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin (Catholic University of America, 2006 or later). Most students make better use of this in their second year, but I do not object to students using it in their first. The danger, obviously, is in consulting the answer key before one has really thought-out the exercises.

• R. Prior & J. Wohlberg, 501 Latin Verbs fully conjugated in all the tenses (Barron's Educational Series, 1995 or later). Very useful by second year.

• Leo Stelten, Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin (Hendrickson, 1995 or later). Quite well done.

LAT 122, Course Format/Syllabus

We have approximately 12 weeks (leaving some time for quizzes, prose exercises, and "things that come up") to complete chapters13-24 of Collins' Primer. While the quantity of material to be covered in LAT 122 is about the same as LAT 121, English speakers generally find the material to be conceptually more challenging. Again, keep up! We will generally cover one chapter per week, usually in numerical order. Gradually, more emphasis is given to reading longer sentences; typically these are liturgical or Scriptural in nature. You will again have some additional texts (usually prayers) to memorize that will provide important grammatical illustrations and augment one's appreciation of, and ability enter into, the universality of Catholic devotional and liturgical life.

At the end of LAT 122, the successful student will:

be able to parse Latin nouns and adjectives in all declensions;
be able to parse deponent verbs, regular verbs in all moods, and several major irregular verbs;
be able to explain the syntax of indirect discourse;
demonstrate a significantly expanded working vocabulary and syntactical appreciation;
with lexical support, begin moving through exercises from the Nova Vulgata and the liturgy;
be able to recite with understanding certain liturgical prayers.

Henry V orders the singing of Non nobis

Similar scenes are not uncommon

among students completing

Dr. Peters' Introductory Latin Courses

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