[SampleMan]

So English becoming universally understood by the educated class throughout Christiandom is a "negative" development?

Note that the two statements I made, that you combined, were in separate paragraphs. Paragraphs denoting changes in subject.

No logical reading of my post would conclude that English becoming a primary language is a negative. Nor would one conclude that I was stating that reading Mass worldwide in English would be a net positive.

I simply stated that Latin was originally the default, due to its universal nature, but that is no longer the case, and in fact, English more closely fits the bill, IF universal language is what you are looking for.

[BillyBoy]

>> I simply stated that Latin was originally the default, due to its universal nature <<

And post #14 demonstrated that was not the case. Greek was originally the "default" language for the Christian world. Latin was adapted universally centuries later, and only by the western world (eastern Christians continued to use Greek)