Vampyr Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Rest in peace does a little bit, but RIP comes from requiescat in pace which is intimately tied up with the Catholic church and Christian burial Well, yes I mean I have sung Requiems by Faure, Verdi, Mozart and one or to others; I know the Latin words. But the initials could be either, and English speakers will say Rest in Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Well, yes I mean I have sung Requiems by Faure, Verdi, Mozart and one or to others; I know the Latin words. But the initials could be either, and English speakers will say Rest in Peace. They could, but the reason RIP is used is because that appeared on gravestones for hundreds of years and that was definitely because of the Latin up until VERY recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterAlan Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 The Wikipedia article claims that the Latin phrase was also used in Judaism and gives an example from 688/689 AD to support this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 The Wikipedia article claims that the Latin phrase was also used in Judaism and gives an example from 688/689 AD to support this. Interesting, although still inappropriate for other religions where it is also used, I've seen a lot of Jewish tombstones over the years, and while I don't remember seeing it, I can't say it never happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted September 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 we're moving a little off peacet here folks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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