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[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 26 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Probably cuz the religion was invented 2000 years ago

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah but they were speaking ancient hebrew and aramaic not latin

[–] late_list@piefed.zip 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Then the Aramaic texts were translated into Greek, which were then spread in the Roman empire, until eventually a Roman caesar was converted, who then made it the state religion, which after the empire collapsed the church apparatus that survived used the fact that only the educated elite still spoke Latin as a form of political control, which then caused then cultural perception of Latin to be associated with the arcane and powerful.

So presto chango Latin speaking Satan was born