Article: Vatican Takes Cue from Jews on God's Name.

By Israel Faxx News Services

The Vatican has reiterated that the Tetragrammaton, or four-letter name of God, is not to be pronounced in Catholic liturgy.

The Catholic news agency Zenit reported this week that Bishop Arthur Serratelli, chairman of the U.S. Bishops' Committee on Divine Worship, issued a note informing priests of this directive. Serratelli said the official liturgy would not be affected, but the ban would have "some impact" on some hymns and other texts.

A message June 29 from the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments traced the history of the ban and noted that the first Christians, following Jewish ...

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