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Several readers also pointed out the obvious connection to the history of methods for avoiding pronuncation of the tetragrammaton.— Language Log
"By directive of the Holy Father," it began, "in accord with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, this Congregation … deems it convenient to communicate to the Bishops 'Conferences the following as regards the translation and the pronunciation, in a liturgical setting, of the Divine Name signified in the sacred tetragrammaton, along with a number of directives."— New Liturgical Movement
It cites tetragrammaton rendered in Latin as Dominus.— New Liturgical Movement
Other biblical cases are cited, with the conclusion that "from the beginning" the "sacred tetragrammaton was never pronounced in the Christian context nor translated into any of the languages into which the Bible was translated."— New Liturgical Movement
"In liturgical celebrations, in songs and prayers the name of God in the form of the tetragrammaton YHWH is neither to be used or pronounced."— New Liturgical Movement

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