Christianity Doesn’t Have a Sacred Language (And That’s Important)
A religion for the masses
Most major world religions maintain a sacred language that is used to teach, preach, and decipher important texts. The sacred language is usually attached to the original holy texts that are foundational to the religion. Sacred languages are still treated with respect today and form a cornerstone of some of the world’s largest religions. This is true of all of the largest religions in the world, save for one. Christianity does not have a sacred language. At first, this doesn’t seem remarkable, but when you look at Christianity’s origins and the way that the religion managed to spread, it becomes a peculiarity with a deeper meaning than most people realize.
The Sacred Languages
The world’s largest religions include Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism. Each one of these has a sacred language save for Christianity.
The sacred languages are as follows:
- Islam: Classical Arabic (Qur’anic Arabic)
- Hinduism: Sanskrit
- Buddhism: Pali
- Judaism: Ancient Hebrew
These languages are still held in high esteem, and learned imams and rabbis must be fluent in their sacred…
