In Quenyan, no less! You can listen to it here.
Sorry about that, folks, I couldn't resist. Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee were not really impersonating BXVI and Bartholomew, it just sounds like they are. Actually, it's the real thing: the real Pope and the real Patriarch, reciting the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed in Greek, not Quenyan, and it is a marvelous thing to hear. Using the original text avoids that whole Filioque thingy.
Thanks to Fr. Kimel for the link.
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....I love this.
(and I also love that you noticed the similarity in sound to Tolkien's language!)
So, you probably already know about the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship, then!
Oooh...no, I did not!
I am adding it to my few blog-links, though.
Very funny, but surely not as funny as the post I am seeking to elicit by tagging you with this blog meme. I apologize if this is irritating.
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