Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#389

389. Many Are the Lightbeams

Text Information

• First Line: Many are the lightbeams from the one light
• Title: Many Are the Lightbeams
• Author: Cyprian of Carthage (252)
• Paraphraser: Anders Frostenson (1972, rev. 1986)
• Translator: David Lewis (1983)
• Meter: 10 6.10 5
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Source: De unitate ecclesiae
• Copyright: Swedish para. © 1986 by permission of GIA Publications, Inc.; Tr. © 1983 A. David Lewis, by permission of The World Council of Churches

Tune Information

• Name: LAGORNA Ä MANGA
• Composer: Olle Widestrand (1974)
• Meter: 10 6.10 5
• Key: e minor or modal
• Source: Harm. FCC, 1997
• Copyright: Music © 1986 by permission of GIA Publications, Inc.; Harm. © 1998 FCC Houston TX

Text Information:

Bishop and martyr Cyprian of Carthage wrote Of church unity. Anders Frostenson's paraphrase was part of his continuing efforts to revive Swedish hymnody