Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#132

132. O Come, All Ye Faithful

Text Information

• First Line: O come, all ye faithful / Adeste fideles
• Title: O Come, All Ye Faithful
• Author: John Francis Wade (Latin) (1743)
• Translator: Frederick Oakeley and others (1841, alt.)
• Refrain First Line: O come, let us adore him / Venite adoremus
• Meter: Irr. w. refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Luke 2:8-15
  ;
  John 1:14
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Birth

Tune Information

• Name: ADESTE FIDELES
• Meter: Irr. w. refrain
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: John Francis Wade's Cantus Diversi, c. 1743

Text Information:

Though the translation of this Latin hymn by John Francis Wade is primarily that of the Oxford Movement's Frederick Oakeley, over sixteen different translations have been used in hymnals