Master the sacred language of the Catholic Church. Lingua Sacra combines gamified Latin learning with authentic liturgical content — prayers, Mass responses, Vulgate Scripture, Gregorian chant, the Liturgy of the Hours, and now Patristic, Scholastic, and Manuscript Latin.
FEATURES:
• 197 structured lessons across 18 tiers, from beginner greetings to reading actual medieval codices
• 2,000+ vocabulary words with pre-recorded ecclesiastical Latin pronunciation
• Tier 15 Liturgical Mastery: verse-by-verse drill of Te Deum, Pange Lingua, Tantum Ergo, Adoro Te Devote, Stabat Mater, Dies Irae, Magnificat, Benedictus, and the great sequences
• Tier 16 Patristic Latin: Augustine, Jerome, Ambrose, Leo the Great, Gregory the Great, Benedict’s Rule, Bede
• Tier 17 Scholastic & Magisterial: Aquinas’s Five Ways, Trent, Vatican I and II, Rerum Novarum, Humanae Vitae, Fides et Ratio
• Tier 18 Codex & Manuscript: paleography, nomina sacra, scribal abbreviations, reading medieval folios
• 26 classic prayers with word-by-word grammar (Ave Maria, Pater Noster, Salve Regina, and more)
• Mass Companion for both Ordinary Form and Traditional Latin Mass (1962 Missale Romanum)
• Office of the Day: opens to the canonical Hour matching time of day, with seasonal Marian antiphon
• Saint of the Day from the Roman Calendar with Latin name, brief life, and citation
• Curated Learning Paths: Path of the Priest, Path of the Scholar, Path of the Religious
• Vulgate Bible reader with verse-by-verse Latin and English
• Spaced repetition vocabulary review powered by FSRS
• 168 graded Latin reading passages from simple stories to advanced theological narratives
• Interactive paradigm tables for all 5 declensions and 4 conjugations
• Liturgy of the Hours, Stations of the Cross, Rosary, and Sacramental Rites
• Works fully offline — no internet required
Whether you’re preparing for seminary, following the Traditional Latin Mass, homeschooling, reading the Fathers, or simply want to understand the prayers of the Church, Lingua Sacra makes Latin accessible and beautiful.
Designed with the aesthetic of an illuminated manuscript — cathedral navy backgrounds, gold accents, and the elegant EB Garamond typeface.
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Communion & Friendly Competition — version 2.3.3
• Live Duels — challenge a friend to a real-time Latin match with a shared code.
• Global Leaderboard — see how your weekly and all-time progress compares with learners around the world.
• More reliable sign-in across Apple, Google, and email.
• Stability, performance, and accessibility refinements throughout.
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam.
Version 2.3.3
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Information
Provider
MARK MARQUEZ
Size
117.4 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
