This was not a matter of theology or even liturgy.

Symbolism Themes throughout the decoration include words from the liturgy.

This was because Church Slavonic was used directly in liturgy instead.

On 17 April 1774, Lindsey held the first Unitarian service in Britain, at the newly formed Essex Street Chapel in London he had even designed his own liturgy, of which many were critical.

The Protestant reforms invigorated hopes for the development of the local language and literary tradition when cleric Gjon Buzuku brought into the Albanian language the Catholic liturgy, trying to do for the Albanian language what Luther did for German.

Another major issue of concern was the language of liturgy since the conversion of the Slavs by Cyril and Methodius in the previous century, the Slavic church was accustomed to use Slavonic rather than Latin for its church services.

A nation is, at root, an ethno linguistic occasionally religious entity, and because it is through language and liturgy that culture is transmitted, each nation will have its own distinctive cultural history, available for use and misuse, invention and discovery.