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\nspoke about the work of the Church in making the faith intelligible to people
\nusing their own language. The task of inculturation is an extremely difficult
\nwork because of the nuances of language and culture. Just look at the headaches
\nin translating catechisms, papal speeches and liturgical texts today. The
\ncoalescing of faith and culture is a work the Church has done since the time of
\nChrist. Watch the video clip<\/span><\/a> on the subject.<\/p>\n
\npart:
\ncivilization in general. Cyril and Methodius were convinced that the various
\npeoples could not consider that they had fully received Revelation until they
\nhad heard it in their own language and read it with the characters proper to
\ntheir own alphabet.<\/p>\n
\nbegan by his brother would not remain sharply interrupted. While Cyril, the
\n“philosopher,” tended toward contemplation, he [Methodius] was directed
\nmore toward the active life. In this way, he was able to establish the
\nfoundations of the successive affirmation of what we could call the
\n“Cyril-Methodian idea,” which accompanied the Slavic peoples in the
\nvarious historical periods, favoring cultural, national and religious
\ndevelopment. Pope Pius XI already recognized this with the apostolic letter Quod Sanctum Cyrillum<\/i>, in which he classified the two brothers as
\n“sons of the East, Byzantines by their homeland, Greeks by origin, Romans
\nby their mission, Slavs by their apostolic fruits” (AAS 19 [1927] 93-96).<\/p>\n
\nPope John Paul II who, with the apostolic letter Egregiae Virtutis
\nViri<\/i>, declared them co-patrons of Europe, together with St. Benedict (AAS
\n73 [1981] 258-262). Indeed, Cyril and Methodius are a classic example of what
\nis today referred to with the term “inculturation”: Each people
\nshould make the revealed message penetrate into their own culture, and express
\nthe salvific truth with their own language. This implies a very exacting work
\nof “translation,” as it requires finding adequate terms to propose
\nanew the richness of the revealed Word, without betraying it. The two brother
\nsaints have left in this sense a particularly significant testimony that the
\nChurch continues looking at today to be inspired and guided. (Wednesday Audience, June 17, 2009)