Voices Together ‎#241

241. O Come, All Ye Faithful

Adeste fideles
læti triumphantes,
venite, venite in Bethlehem
natum videte
regem angelorum.
Venite adoremus,
venite adoremus,
venite adoremus,
Dominum.

1 O come, all ye faithful,
joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.
Come and behold him,
born the king of angels.

Refrain:
O come let us adore him,
O come let us adore him,
O come let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.

2 True God of true God,
Light of light eternal,
our lowly nature he hath not abhorred;
born of a woman,
here in flesh appearing. [Refrain]

3 Sing, choirs of angels,
sing in exultation,
sing, all ye citizens of heav’n above:
“Glory to God,
all glory in the highest!” [Refrain]

4 Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
born this happy morning,
Jesus, to thee be all glory giv’n;
Word of the Father,
begotten, not created. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Adeste fideles (O come, all ye faithful)
• Title: O Come, All Ye Faithful
• Latin Title: Adeste fideles
• Translator (stanzas 1, 3, 4, attributed): John F. Wade (ca. 1743)
• Translator: Frederick Oakeley (alt.)
• Translator: William Mercer (1854)
• Author (stanza 2): Etienne J. F. Borderies (1822)
• Refrain First Line: Venite adoremus (O come let us adore him)
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: Latin
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Luke 2:8-20
  ;
  John 1:1-4
• Topic: Incarnation; Jesus Christ: Images and Names of
• Source: “Adeste fideles læti triumphantes,” Office de St. Omer, 1822

Tune Information

• Name: ADESTE FIDELES
• Composer (attributed): John F. Wade (ca. 1743)
• Composer (Descant): David Willcocks
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: G Major
• Source: Essay on the Church Plain Chant, 1782
• Copyright: desc. © 1961 Oxford University Press
• Notes: Congregation sings in unison when in combination with verse 3 descant or with verse 4 alternative accompaniment.