these eminent authors, so they became very familiar with what they said and, especially, how they said it (even when they regularly disagreed with the content). However, because the focus of this book is the Latin recorded in the Bible, in theological treatises, in sermons, and in church prayers—which we are categorizing under “ecclesiastical” Latin—these otherwise laudatory authors will not appear. Instead of Classical authors, all the references, examples, and excerpts in this book come directly