The Translation of the Revised Roman Missal - Diocese of Paterson

Ratio Translationis (2007) ( )
31. Many elements of the language of the Roman Rite
which hihh have been b adopted d df from pagan Roman R religious li i
practice can be found throughout the liturgical books now
in use. These features include, among g others:
a sacral vocabulary;
specialized religious syntax;
ways ways of addressing God with corresponding
patterns of closure in prayer;
various rhetorical forms;
b brevity i and dconciseness i of fstyle l found f d in i sober, b
practical and clear expression,
and a manner of praying p y gcentered around the duty y
or obligation of the individual and the community
to practice true religion. 20