"Now Praise We Christ, the Holy One" by Coelius Sedulius, c. 450 Text From: THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942), pp. 85-86 Paean Alphabeticus de Christo (In part) 1. A solis ortus cardine Ad usque terrae limitem, Christum canamus principem Natum Maria virgine. 2. Beatus auctor saeculi Servile corpus induit, Ut carne carnem liberans, Ne perderet, quod condidit. 3. Clausa puellae viscera Caelestis intrat gratia; Venter puellae baiulat Secreta, quae non noverat. 4. Enixa est puerpera, Quem Gabriel praedixerat, Quem matris alvo gestiens Clausus Iohannes senserat. 5. Faeno iacere pertulit, Praesepe non abhorruit, Parvoque lacte pastus est, Per quem nec ales esurit. 6. Gaudet chorus caelestium, Et angeli canunt Deum, Palamque fit pastoribus Pastor, creator omnium. 7. Gloria tibi, Domine, Qui natus es de virgine, Cum Patre et Sancto Spiritu, In sempiterna saecula. Amen. ______________________________________________________ Notes: 104 from the Handbook to The Lutheran Hymnal Text: Phil. 2: 6,7 Poem by: Coelius Sedulius, c. 450 Poem titled: "Paean Alphabeticus de Christo" Titled: A solis ortus cardine Tune: Christum wir sollen loben schon _________________________________________________________________ This text was converted to ascii format for Project Wittenberg by Cindy A. Beesley and is in the public domain. You may freely distribute, copy or print this text. Please direct any comments or suggestions to: Rev. Robert E. Smith of the Walther Library at Concordia Theological Seminary. E-mail: smithre@mail.ctsfw.edu Surface Mail: 6600 N. Clinton St.,Ft. Wayne, IN 46825 USA Phone: (260) 481-2123 Fax: (260) 481-2126 ________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------- file: /pub/resources/text/wittenberg/hymns: holyone-latin.txt .