Translating religion and politics

[John F. Schwaller]

Certainly the development of written Nahuatl, using Latin characters, began with 
efforts to convert the natives to Christianity.  In the 16th century, however, 
the Catholic Church prohibited the translation of the Bible into the vernacular. 
  Only the Vulgate could be used.  Consequently, those friars who did translate 
the Bible into Nahuatl ran into real trouble with the Church.

The best study on the difficulty of dealing with the nuance of Christian 
theology in Nahuatl is still Louise Burkhart's _Slippery Earth_




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John F. Schwaller
President
SUNY - Potsdam
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