Basically what the title says. I guess a sort of muslim-christian demographic swap might be able to do this, but at the same time it's very unlikely that anything other than Arabic could be used as a language of Islam because a core tenet of the religion is that the Quran is the literal word of god, and therefore any language but Classical Arabic would have a hard time justifying it's use as language of Islam short of reformation of the religion. Christianity is a different problem as it's Liturgical languages are numerous and often local. Imposing a single language as the language of faith across most of Christendom requires the catholic church or an institution with as much sway as them.
Make Latin the Liturgical Language of Islam, and Arabic the Liturgical Language of Christianity
- Thread starter mienoguy
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Christianity is persecuted more fiercely in the Roman Empire. Christian communities decide to exile themselves in the east but also in the Arabian peninsula where they quickly manage win the hearts of a vast swathe of Arabian society. By the third or fourth century, most of the Arabian peninsula except for the areas aligned to the Roman Empire hold if not a majority but a plurality at the very least. Of course the Roman Empire continues to flirt with an assortment of eastern mystery cults from Isis to Mithras. None of course hold a permanent place in Roman society and come as quickly as they are introduced. Fast forward to the seventh century: in the Nabatean Kingdom (which somehow avoids annexation), a Romanized Arab merchant by the name of Julius Mahometus Coraichitas is arrested by the Nabatean King for claiming to have visions from an angel. He is exiled from Petra and sent to Palestine.
Early Christians face even more of persecution and they or at least most of them flee to Arabia. Then they succesfully concert the population and Arabic becomes liturgical language of Christianity.
Latin as liturgic language of Islam is much harder when already Islam itself as word is Arabic origin. Perhaps in Arabia occur some clerical disagreement and some Christians flee to Roman empire and someone of them decides to create new religion and finally someone Roman emperor converts to Islam. Hardest part os get them to use Arabic as liturgical language.
Latin as liturgic language of Islam is much harder when already Islam itself as word is Arabic origin. Perhaps in Arabia occur some clerical disagreement and some Christians flee to Roman empire and someone of them decides to create new religion and finally someone Roman emperor converts to Islam. Hardest part os get them to use Arabic as liturgical language.
Carter I'm Yog
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What would translation of the word islam (I'm supposing before its use as a term for the religion it had another meaning) be in Latin?
Emperor-of-New-Zealand
Kicked
Islam means "submission to God" so it would be a Latin version of that.
Latin is barely a liturgical language for Christians. Only in like the Western Catholic world, other than that you have stuff like Greek, Armenian, Ge'ez, Coptic, and even vernaculars. Plus Islam was born in Arabia and Arabic is central to its identity. Its impossible to really do something like that tbh.