Esperanto · Chapter 29 · Lesson 8 · Grammar primer
Esperanto and the religions
The Catholic union of 1910, Vatican Radio since 1977, the Japanese faith that adopted the language in 1923, Lidia Zamenhof's Baha'i road, and why universalist faiths kept choosing what nationalist states kept banning.
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The faith that adopted the language
In 1923 the Japanese religion Oomoto adopted Esperanto and still teaches it a century later; Zamenhof is honoured in its chapel among departed missionaries. Universalist faiths kept choosing the neutral language for exactly the reason nationalist states kept banning it: it belongs to everyone and answers to no one.
Oomoto instruas Esperanton ekde 1923.
Vatican Radio, in Esperanto, since 1977
The Catholic Esperanto union dates to the 1900s, its magazine Espero Katolika to 1903, and Vatican Radio has broadcast in Esperanto since 1977. Liturgical texts won formal approval in 1990 - Esperanto is one of very few constructed languages with an approved Missal. Whatever your view of any of it, the paperwork is real.
La meso estas celebrata en Esperanto.
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