tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post6689499556727566304..comments2024-03-28T14:19:53.973+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: CorrectionFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-70095597269149736522015-10-22T10:35:34.663+01:002015-10-22T10:35:34.663+01:00Well, I suppose both, but I've always taken th...Well, I suppose both, but I've always taken the phrase basically in your second sense.Fr John Hunwickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-36379608864875456142015-10-21T20:16:07.269+01:002015-10-21T20:16:07.269+01:00Canon 1055 §1 of the Code of Canon Law, in definin...Canon 1055 §1 of the Code of Canon Law, in defining what marriage is, uses totius vitae consortium, consortium being in the accusative, and is what a man and woman (vir et mulier) establish (constituunt) between themselves (inter se). Question, Fr. Hunwicke: Does totius vitae in this case admit of the meaning "entire duration of life" or can it only mean "every aspect of life&Berthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999163755841142911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-237766658604638182015-10-20T10:14:13.026+01:002015-10-20T10:14:13.026+01:00Well, Liam, the root of the error is that people b...Well, Liam, the root of the error is that people brought up on uninflected languages where the word order is crucial ("the cat killed the rat" and "the rat killed the cat" being two quite different statements), assume that the same is true of inflected languages where it's the endings of the words that make the difference. In this case, totius is a genitive going with the Fr John Hunwickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-17881367604489124062015-10-20T10:04:46.639+01:002015-10-20T10:04:46.639+01:00Can't remember, Sue. In my teaching I just cal...Can't remember, Sue. In my teaching I just call it Sandwiching. And there is also tmesis, as in Ennius's "cere comminuit brum" or the exasperated expostulation of a Lancing Colleague "Why do you have to be so contra bloody dictory".Fr John Hunwickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-70955284975830995852015-10-20T08:24:51.431+01:002015-10-20T08:24:51.431+01:00Well, that's one reading. But taking it in co...Well, that's one reading. But taking it in context, surely it really means 'the faith<i><b>s</b></i> of the whole church'. Because each regional church believes slightly different things, right?Tony Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862727279147129707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-41459517261356276472015-10-19T15:21:43.554+01:002015-10-19T15:21:43.554+01:00Father, what's the name given to that stylisti...Father, what's the name given to that stylistic device - noun and qualifier split by at least one other word?Sue Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976537787708670241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-34696728876931504482015-10-19T15:15:32.708+01:002015-10-19T15:15:32.708+01:00Those nouns will get you every time.
Even so, Ro...Those nouns will get you every time. <br /><br />Even so, Rorate Caeli is an indispensable read for me every day (along your comments, Father, of course!).Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-58532676936616332402015-10-19T14:41:34.241+01:002015-10-19T14:41:34.241+01:00Triggered by your post, Father, I decided to bring...Triggered by your post, Father, I decided to bring my rusty Latin up to scratch by investigating the declension of the adjective 'totus'<br /><br /><br />And behold I have found a feminist Latin grammar website where the feminine form is put first in declining adjectives.<br />Instead of totus, tota, totum... It goes tota, totus, totum ... I suppose I should be grateful that the author johnfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233791349837340770noreply@blogger.com