Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#129

129. Of Eternal Love Begotten

Text Information

• First Line: Of eternal love begotten
• Title: Of Eternal Love Begotten
• Author: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (4th century)
• Translator (St. 1, 3): John Mason Neale (1854)
• Translator (St. 1, 3): Henry W. Baker (1859, alt.)
• Translator (St. 2): R. F. Davis (1906, alt.)
• Meter: 87.87.877
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  John 1:1-3
  ;
  Revelation 1:8
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Adoration and Praise; Jesus Christ: Advent

Tune Information

• Name: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM
• Harmonizer: C. Winfred Douglas
• Meter: 87.87.877
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Plainsong, Mode V (13th century); Harm. The Hymnal, 1940
• Copyright: Harm. © 1981 Church Pension Fund

Text Information:

Prudentius was a Spanish lawyer and magistrate who became a Christian at age fifty-seven, withdrawing to a monastery for a life of meditation and writing