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Re: CHAT: Homo Sapiens (was: fiery spirits)

From:Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 21:15
On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 07:13 , John Cowan wrote:
[snip]

> I meant to mention last time the interesting contrast between the > post-Vatican-II formulations of the Catechism and the various > rapprochement documents, and the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia > (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen), which does not scruple to talk of > schismatics and heretics, "conversion to the Catholic Faith", and other > triumphalist language. It's good to see this change.
'schismatics' do of course share the Catholic faith - just separated. But I agree it is good to see the change of language.
>> Conlangs can do this very neatly (conlangs aspiring to be auxlangs IMO >> ought to do this neatly - but maybe that argument should be left for 'tha >> other list' :) > > I don't think that in the year 2003 that is a particularly controversial > conclusion, at least for newly created auxlangs.
One would certainly hope not - but nothing in Auxland surprises me :)
> Existing auxlangs may of course and do have other conventions.
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