Vatican II's translation of prayers from Latin into vernaculars largely removed the element of mystery from Catholicism.
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'Element of mystery' is a subjective, undefined notion.
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Nassim Taleb, “Vatican II's translation of prayers from Latin into vernaculars largely removed the element of mystery from Catholicism.” (said November 2021). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_f8ec20ed5ee4, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_f8ec20ed5ee4
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