A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin

• Paperback – 451 pages 
• by John F. Collins 
• The Catholic University of America Press – 1988 

The chief aim of this primer is to give the student, within one year of study, the ability to read ecclesiastical Latin. Collins includes the Latin of Jerome's Bible, of canon law, of the liturgy and papal bulls, of scholastic philosophers, and of the Ambrosian hymns, providing a survey of texts from the fourth century through the Middle Ages.