Verbum Supernum Prodiens Nec Patris
For Advent
Attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), ca. 1263
Probably based on 10th Century or earlier sources
Compare:
Verbum Supernum Prodiens
nec Patris - Version 2 (St. Thomas Aquinas)
Verbum supernum prodien
a Patre (Latin, 6th or 7th Century; an Advent
Hymn), with notes
Verbum supernum
prodiens e Patris - Chandler
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1. Verbum supernum prodiens,
Nec Patris linquens dexteram,
Ad opus suum exiens,
Venit ad vitæ vesperam.
2. In mortem a discipulo
Suis tradendus æmulis,
Prius in vitæ ferculo
Se tradidit discipulis.
3. Quibus sub bina specie
Carnem dedit et sanguinem;
Ut duplicis substantiæ
Totum cibaret hominem.
4. Se nascens dedit socium,
Convescens in edulium,
Se moriens in pretium,
Se regnans dat in præmium.
5. O salutaris hostia,
Quæ cæli pandis ostium,
Bella premunt hostilia;
Da robur, fer auxilium.
6. Uni trinoque Domino
Sit sempiterna gloria:
Qui vitam sine termino
Nobis donet in patria. Amen.
See notes on Verbum supernum prodiens in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, Copyright © 1912 by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition Copyright © 1999 by Kevin Knight
One source had a side-by-side translation.
Translations include:
- Heavenly Word Proceeding Forth, The (Neale Translation, often adapted)
- High Word of God (Bigg Translation); Alternate Title: High Word of God, who once didst come
- O Heavenly Word of God on High (New English Bible Translation, Hymn #2, copyright 1986)
- O Heavenly Word, Eternal Light (The Hymnal 1982, Hymn #63, copyright 1982)
- O Saving Victim, Opening Wide (Caswall and Neale Translation of verses 5 and 6)
- O Word, That Goest Forth on High (The Hymnal 1940, Hymn #8, copyright 1940)
- Thy Father's Bosom Thou Didst Leave (Chandler, 1837)
- Word Descending From Above
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