Many Are the Lightbeams

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Many are the lightbeams

Translator (English): David Lewis; Translator (Swedish): Anders Frostenson; Author: Cyprian of Carthage (252)
Tune: TJÄNSTERNA
Published in 9 hymnals

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Translator (English): David Lewis

Arthur David Lewis was born in Liverpool, England in 1916. He became a minister in the Presbyterian Church of England in 1948. He worked as a translator at the World Council of Churches in Geneva from 1970 until he retired, when he continued to work as a freelance translator. He returned to live in England in 1994 and died in 1995. Mary Swale (daughter) Go to person page >

Translator (Swedish): Anders Frostenson

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

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First Line:	Many are the lightbeams
Title:	Many Are the Lightbeams
Latin Title:	De unitate ecclesiae
Author:	Cyprian of Carthage (252)
Translator (Swedish):	Anders Frostenson
Translator (English):	David Lewis
Meter:	Irregular
Language:	English
Copyright:	Swedish paraphrase © 1974 Anders Frostenson, admin. AF-Foundation Hymns and Song, Verbum Stockholm; English translation © 1983, 1995 Estate of David Lewis

Year A, Epiphany season, Third Sunday
Related to Isaiah 9, Psalm 27 and Matthew 4 (National Association of Pastoral Musicians)
Year A, Epiphany Season, Fourth Sunday
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Year A, Lent, Fourth Sunday
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