Te Deum laudamus: te Dominum confitemur

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1 Te Deum laudamus, Te Dominum confitemur.

2 Te aeternum Patrem: omnis terra veneratur.

3 Tibi omnes angeli: tibi coeli et universae potesates.

4 Tibi cherubim et seraphim; incessabili voce proclamant.

5 Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus: Dominus Deus Sabaoth.

6 Pleni sunt coeli et terra: majestatis gloriae tuae.

7 Te gloriosus: Apostolorum chorus.

8 Te prophetarum: laudabilis numerus.

9 Te Martyrum candidatus: laudat exercitus.

10 Te per orbem terrarum: sancta confitetur Ecclesia.

11 Patrem: immensae mejestatis.

12 Venerandum tuum verum: et unicum Filium.

13 Sanctum quoque: Paraclitum Spiritum.

14. Tu Rex: gloriae Christe.

15. Tu Patris: sempiternus es Filius.

16. Tu ad liberandum suscepturus hominem: non horruisti Virginis uterum.

17. Tu devicto mortis aculeo: aperuisti credentibus regna coelorum.

18. Tu ad dexteram Dei sedes: in gloria Patris.

19. Judex crederis: esse venturus.

20. Te ergo quaesumus, tuis famulis subveni: qos pretioso sanguine redemisti.

21 Aeterna fac cum Sanctis tuis: in gloria numerari.

Source: Laudis Corona: the new Sunday school hymn book, containing a collection of Catholic hymns, arranged for the principal seasons and festivals of the year #194a

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Author: St. Ambrose

Ambrose (b. Treves, Germany, 340; d. Milan, Italy, 397), one of the great Latin church fathers, is remembered best for his preaching, his struggle against the Arian heresy, and his introduction of metrical and antiphonal singing into the Western church. Ambrose was trained in legal studies and distinguished himself in a civic career, becoming a consul in Northern Italy. When the bishop of Milan, an Arian, died in 374, the people demanded that Ambrose, who was not ordained or even baptized, become the bishop. He was promptly baptized and ordained, and he remained bishop of Milan until his death. Ambrose successfully resisted the Arian heresy and the attempts of the Roman emperors to dominate the church. His most famous convert and disciple w… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Te Deum laudamus: te Dominum confitemur
Author:	St. Ambrose
Language:	Latin
Notes:	English translations (of Grosser Gott, wir loben dich): See "Holy God, thy name we bless" by Richard B. Hoyle, "Holy God, we praise your name" by Clarence Walworth, "Greatest God, we praise Thy name" by A. T. Hanser; French translation (of Grosser Gott...): See "Grand Dieu, nous te bénissons" by Henri-Louis Empeytaz; German translation: See "Großer Gott, wir loben dich" by Ignaz Franz; Polish translation (of Grosser Gott...): See "Boźe wielki, pełnyś chwał"; Spanish translation (of Grosser Gott): See "Te alabamos ¡oh gran Señor!" by Federico Fliedner, Spanish translation (of Holy God, we praise your name): See "Santo Dios, te damos loor" by Pablo Filós; Swahili translation (of Grosser Gott..): See "Mungu twakuimbia"
Copyright:	Public Domain