Whilst in the big SLC last week, I stumbled upon the April 14th edition of the Salt Lake City Weekly. I saw the following article:
http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2005/deep_2005-04-14.cfm
The following is from that article:
Now, I realize that whoever this D.P. Sorensen is, his/her column is a satire and the things written about are not necessarily true. But, it got me to thinking that if one were to believe that the Golden Plates are real and were actually written in Reformed Egyptian, then could it be said that that person must also believe there was a Reformed Egyptian spoken language as well??
Any indications, beliefs, comments by leaders (past or present), etc. that this would be true as well?
http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2005/deep_2005-04-14.cfm
The following is from that article:
After we finished our second bottle of Chianti, the discussion turned to the language of the liturgy, and whether we should incorporate an ancient tongue like Latin into church ceremonies. (We all agreed that the Catholic liturgy lost some of its mystery when they abandoned Latinsomehow Two, four, six, eight, time to transubstantiate doesnt sound as good in the vernacular.) Elder Uchdorf wanted to insert a phrase or two of Hoch Deutsch (High German) into the Baptism for the Dead, but Elder Oaks quickly nixed that idea. If we were going to use some other lingo, it would have to be Reformed Egyptian, the original language of the Golden Plates.
Now, I realize that whoever this D.P. Sorensen is, his/her column is a satire and the things written about are not necessarily true. But, it got me to thinking that if one were to believe that the Golden Plates are real and were actually written in Reformed Egyptian, then could it be said that that person must also believe there was a Reformed Egyptian spoken language as well??
Any indications, beliefs, comments by leaders (past or present), etc. that this would be true as well?