Wednesday, December 14, 2011

what is popular church language in creole. Are there any specific terms that they would use to refer to grace, sanctification, justification, law, gospel, hymns or psalms?

Church service conducted mainly in Creole.
Songbooks, Christian or Catholic, are in both French and Creole.

grace → gras, bonte, benediksyon, konpasyon
sanctification → sanntifikasyon, konsekrasyon
sanctified → sanntifye,  mizapa
justification → jistifikasyon
law → lalwa, kòmandman, presèpt
God's word → pawòl Bondye
gospel → Levanjil, Bòn Nouvèl
hymn → chante
psalms → sòm (refers to the book in the bible)
fellowship → fratènite
sermon → prèch
worship service → sèvis adorasyon
Bible study → etid biblik

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