Root Cause Analysis:  Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results, Second Edition
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  • RCA the way to go
  • Excellent book for industry to survive in the 21st century.
Root Cause Analysis: Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results, Second Edition
Robert J. Latino , and Kenneth Latino
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Book Description

The second edition of a bestseller, this book shows how to identify, understand, and prevent chronic problems that hinder the attainment of organizational goals using Root Cause Analysis (RCA). In addition, the PROACT software, voted "Product of the Year" by Plant Engineering Magazine, and the steps outlined in this text teach how to automate the RCA process. Used effectively, the information in Root Cause Analysis will improve the reliability of plant assets and save companies' valuable time and money.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A unique and efective approach.......2003-02-20

During the past ten years I have worked with a nunber of methodologies in the area of Root cause analysis. During this time I have seen none as effective and cost efficient as the PROACT methodologies showcased in this book.

Bob has written a classic RCA manual for all people in all industries. I personally have used both the methodology and software to great effect and would recommend them to anyone.

If you are serious about a reliability growth program in your site, then you need this book!

5 out of 5 stars A very readable book detailing an excellent system.......2000-10-26

I co-ordinate a root cause troubleshooting clinic at a major engine manufacturer. We have had moderate success with our investigations and have developed several powerful methodologies. This book has taken our procedures one large step further with a coherent, effective method to analyse and document a problem to root cause. The combination of system diagram, logic tree and verification log described in the book is exactly the kind of methodology we needed and is proving very useful. The book is well written and is filled with useful guidelines for such required activities as information gathering and selection of the most productive analyses to perform. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in root cause analysis.

5 out of 5 stars Plant Engineering Magazine Senior Editor.......2000-03-02

Closing the gap between the goals companies set and their actual situations is the overall focus of this book. Written by two experienced executives from the Reliability Center, Inc., the book helps readers identify, resolve, and eliminate the chronic plant floor issues, such as repeated equipment or system failures, that hinder the attainment of organizational goals.

Specialists in root cause analysis methodology, the authors discuss the roles of management and a root cause analysis team in prioritizing the problems to analyze, automationg the process, and helping to uncover the physical, human, and latent causes of undesirable workplace events. They point out that the gap between goals and reality that exists in virtually every industry leads to undesirable outcomes, failures, and incidents that siphon profits from the corporate coffers. To close the gap, they explain, companies must reinvent the way they work, understanding why errors occur and how to prevent them.

The book explains root cause analysis, which is a structured process designed to uncover the cause of any undesirable workplace event. The PROACT steps outlined in the book teach companies how to preserve event data, order the analysis team, analyze the data using logic trees, communicate findings and recommendations, and track for bottom-line results.

Case studies are used to illustrate the potential of root cause analysis, showing its effectiveness in particular in steelmaking, customer service, and manufacturing. Software for automating root cause analysis is also discussed. Informative, well-illustrated and well-organized text is worthwhile reading for any plant engineer seeking to understand why errors occur and to eliminate them, and have a direct positive impact on his company's bottom line.

4 out of 5 stars RCA the way to go.......2000-02-02

I have now been involved with RCA for several years and it's the way to go in the future. This book is a good example of what Root Cause Analysis is all about. The book focuses on the use of the PROACT system and I imagine would they would work very well together. I am looking at trying PROACT as well, not just yet! Good book easy to read and gives good definitions to those foggy terms. I enjoyed the book and I use it for my job which speaks for it's self, it doesn't hide in a cupboard or on a shelf. I get the feeling this book is one of the better ones in the bunch, not just someone who has jumped on the RCA bandwagon because it's a flavour of the month.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent book for industry to survive in the 21st century........1999-11-18

This book gives you the tools to develop a strong reliability program. In my 35 years as a mechanical engineer (P.E.) in the chemical industry, I have seen several "programs" come and go. Reliability, when proactive as taught by RCI, is the one program that consistently documents very large savings to cost ratios. In order to survive in the 21st century, industry must have a strong reliability program. RCI is a pioneer (since the 1950's) in reliability and in particular teaching and training industry in using this valuable tool.

Committing to a Team Approach Workshop - Complete
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    Human Technology Corporation
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    This workshop will energize newly formed teams by helping members explore different team roles as well as four critical stages of team development. By learning through experiential exercises about the behaviors that occur at each stage of team development, members will preempt resistance to the team approach. Time Required: 4 hours Workshop Includes: Instructor's Guide Lesson plans and activities Instruments(if applicable) Participant Coursebook Transparency Masters

    The Changing Mile Revisited: An Ecological Study of Vegetation Change With Time in the Lower Mile of an Arid and Semiarid Region
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    • The clearest, most visible study of climate change
    The Changing Mile Revisited: An Ecological Study of Vegetation Change With Time in the Lower Mile of an Arid and Semiarid Region
    R. M. Turner , Robert H. Webb , Janice E. Bowers , and James Rodney Hastings
    Manufacturer: University of Arizona Press
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    Originally published in 1965, The Changing Mile was a benchmark in ecological studies, a work of comparative photography demonstrating the prevalence of change in the Sonoran Desert. This new book updates the classic by adding recent photographs to the original pairs, providing another three decades of data and showing even more clearly the extent of change across the landscape.

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    5 out of 5 stars The clearest, most visible study of climate change.......2006-12-04

    Just comparing photos taken decades apart, these authors lay bare the extent of transformation in Arizona's countryside over the past century. The cool-weather plants retreat northward and up the hillsides. The desert plants move in like a tide from Mexico. It's a merger of good science with viscerally clear communication.

    Dark Companions of Stars (1986)
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      P. van de Kamp
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        DARK COMPANIONS OF STARS
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          Peter Van De Kamp
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          ASIN: B000N6C92S

          A Delicate Arrangement: The Strange Case of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace
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          • The mystery of Darwin and the Ternate letter
          A Delicate Arrangement: The Strange Case of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace
          Arnold C Brackman
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          5 out of 5 stars The mystery of Darwin and the Ternate letter.......2002-01-26

          Arnold Brackman's book on the 'delicate arrangement' concerning Darwin and Wallace is an important, now out of print and no doubt too little read, text on the enigma of the sources of the theory of evolution, and the suspicion about Darwin's delay and sudden breakthrough on the principle of divergence. The issues raised are shocking, and keep getting shunted aside by Darwinists in general. Brackman's book is not so easily dismissed. And beyond the specific questions which struggle for correct proof lies the more general picture of Darwin, which is clear and not very flattering, to say the least, irregardless of the actual facts of what skullduggery was occurring here that required such clear stealth tactics abetted by Hooker and Lyell, stretching to the staging of the joint announcement at the Linnean Society.

          From Brackman's A Delicate Arrangement

          Among Darwin's letters and journals that June morning of 1858 was a relatively thick envelope containing some twenty sheets of a thin 'foreign' stationary, probably rice paper, and probably pale violet in color. The manuscript was accompanied by a note from Alfred Russel Wallace, who had initiated a correspondence with Darwin only some twenty months earlier from Sarawak, Borneo... (Chapter 2)

          (Chapter 3) Since the manuscript Wallace mailed from Ternate contained--in complete form--what is today known as the Darwinian theory of evolution, the date of its arrival at Down House acquires profound historical significance.

          A quartet of dates is in the running as the date on which the postrider handed Wallace's envelope to Parslow. The first of the four-Friday, June 4--is speculative; the second--Tuesday, June 8--is the day Darwin wrote Hooker that he had suddenly found the missing 'keystone' of his theory; the third--Monday, June 14--is suggested by Darwin's 'little diary'; and the fourth--Friday, June 18--is the date publicly advanced by Darwin himself. Wherever the chronological reality may rest, June 1858 clearly marked for Darwin the moment of truth.
          The problem is compounded by the disappearance of the Darwin envelope. The envelope...In all probability it no longer exists. It has either been misplaced or, more likely, destroyed.
          The postal history of the period, the survival of a number of other Wallace letters from Ternate, and a consensus among philatelists is that it would take a letter from Ternate some twelve weeks to reach Down. According to the evidence found in Wallace's papers, he wrote out his complete theory of evolution toward the end of February and posted it March 9, when the first available Ductch vessel dropped anchor at Ternate. This is corroborated by a letter Wallace sent that same day by the same ship to Frederick Bates, the brother of Henry Walter Bates with whom Wallace had scoured the Amazon for species some years earlier. H. Lewis McKinney, a memeber of the University of Kansas faculty, was the first to draw attention to the Bates letter....

          Wallace's letter to Darwin should have arrived the same day as Bates', June 3, or perhaps a day or two later. "It is only reasonable to assume that Wallace's communication to Darwin arrived at the same time and was delivered to Darwin at Down House on 3 June 1858, the same day as Bates' letter arrived in Leicester," said McKinney. "If this sequence is correct, as it appears to be, we must ask ourselves what Darwin was doing with Wallace's paper during the two weeks between 4 June and 18 June (when Darwin claimed to have received it)."

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            Arnold C Brackman
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            Six Secrets of Successful Bettors: Winning Insights into Playing the Horses
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            • Solid advice with a different approach
            • Interesting Perspectives from the Pro's
            • six secrets of successful betters
            Six Secrets of Successful Bettors: Winning Insights into Playing the Horses
            Frank R. Scatoni
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            Through extensive research and interviews, Scatoni and Fornatale have found that there are specific traits that these successful gamblers share. By combining elements of traditional business analysis with proven handicapping methods and practical lessons learned in the wagering trenches, these unique professionals have developed a model for consistent success. They not only understand the fundamentals of value analysis, money management, and betting strategy, but also have developed the discipline and mental fortitude that ultimately separate the knowledgeable enthusiast from the successful investor. After interviewing more than two dozen professional players, the authors have identified the six secrets that all of these successful individuals have in common. Whether you're a casual weekend player or a serious fan contemplating turning pro, al of the practical elements for success are candidly revealed in this truly fascinating journey into the gambling habits of the world's greatest players. Interviews with horseplayers Andrew Beyer, Paul Braseth, Dave Cascuna, Paul Cornman, Steven Crist, Ernie Dahlman, Steve Davidowitz, Cary Fotias, Brad Free, Len Friedman, Randy Gallo, Dave Gutfreund, Jim Mazur, Barry Meadow, Gerry Okenuff, James Quinn, Roxy Roxborough, Andy Serling. Other gamblers interviewed include blackjack expert Kevin Blackwood and poker champions Clonie Gowen, Howard Lederer and Amarillo Slim Preston.

            Customer Reviews:

            2 out of 5 stars Lacks Focus.......2006-10-11

            I thought this book lacked focus and detail. Its basically a collection of thoughts from a number of so called "Pros" who use various methods and comment on what I consider to be the basics. I didn't buy it looking for handicapping advice(which is fortunate it has none)but I did expect some detail about wagering based on the books title. Instead it is a bunch of philisophical ramblings from a few well known handicappers and some who chose not to be identified. You'll laugh,(not really) you'll cry, you'll kiss 20 bucks goodbye. I can't reccomend it.

            4 out of 5 stars This book talks about all the essentials of horse handicapping.......2006-09-06

            This book uses the words from the mouths of successful bettors to tell the readers what the essential factors on horse handicapping and betting are. These essential factors include edge, track bias, record keeping, money management, and some psychological factors etc. This book is good in the sense that it offers the readers a quick look on the factors that lead to successful horse handicapping and betting. It is then up to the readers to explore in details each of these factors in other books so as to strengthen their horse handicapping and betting skills.

            As an experienced horse player who have read over 20 books on horse handicapping and betting, I cannot find any more secrets from these successful bettors. However, this book refreshes me and reconfirms my knowledge again.

            3 out of 5 stars Solid advice with a different approach.......2006-08-09

            This isn't a book that will greatly improve your handicapping, but it does explore the insights of professional gamblers and how they are able to make a living in the game. I found this was a more relaxing read than usual handicapping books that keep my nose in the pages for fear of missing some nugget of information. Though the subject matter is a group of professionals, it works for the recreational handicapper who gains a better understanding of what the pro's do to approach their business.

            3 out of 5 stars Interesting Perspectives from the Pro's.......2006-01-20

            This book won't teach you how to handicap thoroughbred races. However, if you are already an experienced handicapper, it will give you some interesting comments to digest, all from well known professionals.

            The six secrets aren't very secret anymore, but the views expressed are worth reading, and are particularly entertaining when the pro's disagree.

            4 out of 5 stars six secrets of successful betters.......2005-08-17

            it kept my intrest , however i expected it to cover more of what type of plays these guys make at the track.

            An Answer Key to a Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin: A Supplement to the Text by John F. Collins
            Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
            • Not quiet starting over
            • Excellent Book, Fast Service
            • It's about time.
            • Perfect for self-study
            • Very useful
            An Answer Key to a Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin: A Supplement to the Text by John F. Collins

            Manufacturer: Catholic University of America Press
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            ASIN: 0813214696

            Book Description

            This long-awaited volume provides an answer key to the drills and exercises contained in each of the units of John F. Collins's bestselling A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin. Written for those charged with the responsibility of teaching the Latin of the church, the primer aims to give the student--within one year of study--the ability to read ecclesiastical Latin. Thirty-five instructional units provide the grammar and vocabulary, and supplemental readings offer a survey of church Latin from the fourth century to the Middle Ages. Included is the Latin of Jerome's Bible, of canon law, of the liturgy and papal bulls, of scholastic philosophers, and of the Ambrosian hymns.

            Customer Reviews:

            4 out of 5 stars Not quiet starting over.......2007-04-12

            Having a bit of a background in Latin helps with this book going in. But it does seem to move slowly enough in the beginning that someone with no previous Latin should be able to pick it up and learn.

            5 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, Fast Service.......2007-03-10

            We need more books like this one that provide instruction in Ecclesiastical/Medieval Latin. The answer key is a godsend! Wouldn't it be nice to have a textbook on Medieval Latin Composition along the lines of Bradley's Arnold with an answer key? Perhaps a scholar will write one!

            5 out of 5 stars It's about time........2007-02-18

            I had been struggling with Collins' Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin. I completed all the exercises and drills but had no idea if my answers were correct. Dunlap's book removes all doubt and I can progress knowing that I'm headed in the right direction. Now I believe that I am truly learning and it is about time.

            5 out of 5 stars Perfect for self-study.......2007-02-17

            John Dunlap has filled a void Latin students have felt for years: an approved answer key to accompany the standard text of ecclesiastical Latin. It's a terrific little book, especially for those interested in self-study. Dunlap wastes no space and provides crisp answers and responses to Professor Collins' drills.

            5 out of 5 stars Very useful.......2007-01-05

            In addition to lists of answers by chapter, this book contains some minor errata for Collins' text. Accompanying many answers are helpful explanations and references to concepts in Collins with page numbers.
            Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin
            Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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            • Best Instruction Book For Latin On The Market
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            • Great text, despite the authorial asides
            Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin
            John F. Collins
            Manufacturer: Catholic University of America Press
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            ASIN: 0813206677

            Customer Reviews:

            3 out of 5 stars There's room for improvement.......2007-09-03

            While this book does deliver according to its promises, like anything else, there is room for improvement.

            My issue with this book is the author's teaching style. If you are an Anglophone trying to learn Latin, the first thing you'll learn is that the grammar system is completely different. For example, with the nouns alone, there are five different cases, and all in all, 80 different possible endings.

            It's good to have this book around as a backup to help you understand things more clearly, but for your main text, you might want to stick with Latin Grammar, by Cora and Charles Scanlon.

            The problem with this Collins book is that the author's explanations are unecessarily complicated.

            For example, Collins defines the Ablative Case as "used to express separation, motion away from, manner, location, agency and intrumentality" (page 6).

            The Scanlon book, on the other hand, defines it as used after most prepositions (3). Scanlon's explanation is much simpler than the excessively-complicated Collins book.

            Another example, Collins describes the Genitive Case as "A word use to limit or qualify the meaning of another word" (also on page 6).

            Scanlon, however, simply defines the Genitive Case as the Possessive Case (3). Again, the explanation is much simpler; it doesn't need to be as complicated as Collins makes it out to be.

            As an Anglophone studying Latin, you'll be challenged enough with having to learn the grammar system. The last things you need are explanations that are just too complicated.

            5 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2007-08-31

            This is the book for you if you want to pray or read Church documents in Latin. The author is able to teach the important concepts without appearing too theoretical. You'll be speaking and reading Latin in no time. I would recommend the companion volume, An Answer Key to a Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin: A Supplement to the Text by John F. Collins, because each chapter has exercises that you will want to make sure you've mastered before proceeding.

            5 out of 5 stars Best Instruction Book For Latin On The Market.......2007-06-04

            Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin is really THE first instruction book for the Latin language even for people that don't want to just study Chruch Latin. It is the best value that gives the best instruction possible from a book. Any student that studies from this book will easily be able to read and understand, without translating, the works of ancient autors like Caesar to Christian writers like Augustine all the way to the modern day news services published in Latin everyday. The author of this book was someone who held conversations in Latin everyday and didn't just read it off a page.

            If I were to write a review that simply praised this book I would only need to copy all the great things that have already been written. However, let me direct my comments to anyone who is looking at this book and trying to decide to buy it or another book on Latin such as perhaps the Wheelock text. Some people may have a reason to use the Wheelock text but the Primer of Eccclesiastical Latin is a far better book.

            First let me compare teaching method. Wheelock uses the memorize grammar and translate method that has been shown by ESL and other second language teachers the world over to be inadequate for learning a language. P.E.L. teaches the grammar and has some translation exercises but the main teaching strength of the book are the numerous drills that will get you using the Latin to express your own ideas and thoughts. This method will get you using the natural inflection of the Latin language in your head without the need to look up the correct form from the back of the book every ten minuets as happens to Wheelock students. P.E.L. from the very start shows you the Latin language as a tool for communication and not simply a code for English as is the sole focus of the Wheelock text. PEL gives you a focused vocabulary of words you are likely to use soon and often since they are familiar and useful while it avoids throwing strange words at you that were only every used by one Latin writer such as Cicero or Catullus. The Wheelock vocabulary sections throw a lot of strange archaic, even for Latin, words at the student that have little or no conection to other languages and would be completley unfamiliar to the student, thus causing them to have to look up words in the back of the book constantly.

            The pronunciation in PEL is a natural sounding, very fluid pronunciation that has been the pronunciation of Latin for over 2000 years and is the begining of the beauty so often noticed in the romance languages such as French. The pronunciation used in Wheelock is based on a theory that is yet unproven and indeed is unprovable. It changes the way a lot of words are pronounced thus making them sound very strange, kind of like Klingon. The pronunciation of words as taught by Wheelock make the words hard to say so the author of that text relys on macron to form the "correct spelling" of a Latin word as a visual aid to knowing the difference between similarly spelt words. PEL doesn't need these since you will be saying the word correctly from the beginning and will be able to hear the difference. Wheelock claims to be staying true to the way the original "Romans" used the language and this is the reason for the discontinued use of the letter 'J', if true I want to know where he found macron in ancient writings. PEL has retained the use of the letter J as is proper since this aids in understanding, notice understanding and not translation, and correct pronunciation. Wheelock would have you guessing when to use the letter I as if it were a J and when not to do so. PEL also gives you the correct understanding of where to put the stress on a word as you say the word and then shows how this stress was what seperates 2nd from 3rd conjugations so that you don't have to look up the word in the back of the book, you will know how to conjugate it in your head and will do it naturally.

            The grammar sections of PEL are presented in a straghtforward manner with easy to understand explanations to distinguish between similar structures. PEL in this regard is a simple and serious book. Wheelock also presents the grammar pretty well but you need to keep in mind that the grammar sections in Wheelock come way too slowly. The grammar in Wheelock is mixed in with lots of ad libed sections about the authors personal ideas about Roman Culture. Wheelock is in a sense only 40% a book on Latin and 60% a book on Roman political, and decidant culture. PEl will have you creating meaningful sentences while Wheelock will have you translating bits about putting people to death and how Roman women 'stripped the bark' off of Roman men and what the correct way to pray to Roman gods is. On top of everything already said, PEL actually exposes the learner to more grammar then the Wheelock text and is therefore more exhausetive and a greater value. All the grammar in Wheelock is talked about in PEL and then PEL goes furter.

            The PEL text doesn't lie to the reader. Wheelock makes several assumptions about why the Latin language does a certain thing that are just lies told to the student to help them translate more quickly but prevents actual understanding of the structure. Wheelock aserts that the imperfect subjunctive is formed from the present infinitive when really they look alike by accident. Wheelock says that the subjunctive is the "might, could, would" mood of the verb where PEL correctly identifies the subjunctive a simply a syntax and grammar tense without meaning outside of idiom similar to the 'TE' form of a verb in other inflexive languages like Japanese. Wheelock states that fear clauses used to be two seperate sentences where PEL correctly shows that they are always the same sentence. Wheelock incorrectly labels the gerundive as the gerund in the translation formula given in chapter 39 of that book. PEL give you the correct understanding of both the gerund and the gerundive so that you will not confuse them in the first place. Consturctions that Wheelock tells you are imposible in Latin, PEL correctly shows is possible and useful but it just doesn't fit into the quick Latin to English translation method of Wheelock.

            PEL presents itself first and foremost as a text to learn the Latin language. It has Ecclesiatical in the title but don't think that you will only be learning the Mass or the liturgy. This is a book that will get you using Latin and understanding Latin so that you can understand the mass when you go and not just translate it into English. Wheelock sets itself up to not just be a text on the Latin language but also a primer on ancient Rome. PEL leaves the extra study into either ancient Rome or modern Roman culture for another book and gives you the Latin language. PEL presents Latin as a complete and full language that is not defective, dead or broken as is suggested by Wheelock. After the study of PEL you will be able to say off the top of your head "my dad can beat up your dad". I doubt a Wheelock student coud accomplish this.

            5 out of 5 stars Learning Latin.......2007-04-12

            This book is the perfect companion to the Collins Ecclesiastical Latin book and a neccesary accompaniment if you are working on your own.

            4 out of 5 stars Great text, despite the authorial asides.......2006-08-14

            From the introduction:

            "The chief aim of this text is to give the student -- within a year of study -- the ability to read eccelesiastical Latin. Although Latin is no longer the universal language of the Church, it continues to shape our thinking about theological matters in the form of vocabulary drawn from texts. Further, while the vernacular has permanently come in, it is still true that anyone wishing to study Augustine or Aquinas must know Latin."

            First, contrary to Collins's assertion, Latin is indeed the universal language of the Church. It is the language of canon law, of papal documents like encyclicals, and of the official missal from which vernacular translations are derived.

            Second, whether or not the vernacular has "permanently come in" (to the liturgy) is beside the point; from a Catholic point of view, English, Spanish, French, or Swahili are legitimate to the extent they convey the meaning expressed in the Latin original.

            In any event, Collins is a standard, recognized text, and I recommend it for learning the *universal* language of the Church, cringe-worthy authorial asides notwithstanding.

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