Text:O Come, All Ye Faithful
Author (stanza 2):Etienne J. F. Borderies
Translator:Frederick Oakeley
Translator:William Mercer
Translator (stanzas 1, 3, 4, attributed):John F. Wade
Tune:ADESTE FIDELES
Composer (attributed):John F. Wade
Composer (Descant):David Willcocks

241. O Come, All Ye Faithful

Adeste fideles
læti triumphantes,
venite, venite in Bethlehem
natum videte
regem angelorum.
Venite adoremus,
venite adoremus,
venite adoremus,
Dominum.

1 O come, all ye faithful,
joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.
Come and behold him,
born the king of angels.

Refrain:
O come let us adore him,
O come let us adore him,
O come let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.

2 True God of true God,
Light of light eternal,
our lowly nature he hath not abhorred;
born of a woman,
here in flesh appearing. [Refrain]

3 Sing, choirs of angels,
sing in exultation,
sing, all ye citizens of heav’n above:
“Glory to God,
all glory in the highest!” [Refrain]

4 Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
born this happy morning,
Jesus, to thee be all glory giv’n;
Word of the Father,
begotten, not created. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Adeste fideles (O come, all ye faithful)
Title: O Come, All Ye Faithful
Latin Title: Adeste fideles
Translator (stanzas 1, 3, 4, attributed): John F. Wade (ca. 1743)
Translator: Frederick Oakeley (alt.)
Translator: William Mercer (1854)
Author (stanza 2): Etienne J. F. Borderies (1822)
Refrain First Line: Venite adoremus (O come let us adore him)
Meter: Irregular
Language: Latin
Publication Date: 2020
Scripture: ;
Topic: Incarnation; Jesus Christ: Images and Names of
Source: “Adeste fideles læti triumphantes,” Office de St. Omer, 1822
Tune Information
Name: ADESTE FIDELES
Composer (attributed): John F. Wade (ca. 1743)
Composer (Descant): David Willcocks
Meter: Irregular
Key: G Major
Source: Essay on the Church Plain Chant, 1782
Copyright: desc. © 1961 Oxford University Press
Notes: Congregation sings in unison when in combination with verse 3 descant or with verse 4 alternative accompaniment.



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