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Te Deum Laudamus - who has heard it or sung it - in English or Latin or any other language?

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In case anybody does not know the TE DEUM LAUDAMUS - here is some information:


More about it: Te Deum - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
Maybe some will remember those Latin words?

Te Deum laudamus. Te Dominum confitemur.
Te aeternum patrem omnis terra veneratur.
Tibi omnes Angeli, tibi caeli et universae potestates:
Tibi cherubim et seraphim incessabili voce proclamant:
Sanctus:
Sanctus:
Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt caeli et terra maiestatis gloriae tuae.



Here in English:



We praise thee, O God
we acknowledge thee to be the Lord
All the earth doth worship thee
the Father everlasting.
To thee all angels cry aloud
the heavens and all the powers therein.
To thee cherubim and seraphim continually do cry
Holy, Holy, Holy,
Lord God of Sabaoth; heaven and earth
are full of the majesty of thy glory.
 
In answer to your question, although the Latin may be unfamiliar, "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name" is a standard in Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Episcopalian churches.
 
Rumpel said:
Neither am I.

But he may not be the inventor of that great hymn at all.
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He is only a saint because of the silly story of the Miracle Of The Herrings.
 

And here is the TE DEUM in the Polnish language.
Sounds exactly like many years ago at home in a little town near the Black Forest in Germany.
Very international and truely ecumenical.
 
Rumpel said:
Only in those churches?
Not in Catholic churches as well?
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Did I say that? No. If you as a Catholic are familiar with the "Te Deum," don't you think other Catholics are? :roll:
 
nota bene said:
In answer to your question, although the Latin may be unfamiliar, "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name" is a standard in Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Episcopalian churches.
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@ Latin

Are you opposed to the use of Latin in churches?

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Surprisingly German Protestants use Latin terms sometimes, when German Catholics use the German term.

Example;

@ Palm Sunday

German Catholics say "Palm-Sonntag", while German Protestants say Palmarum.
 

And here in the Cathedral of Cologne on Corpus Christi Day.

Did anyone watch this video?

I think it is really great! eace
 

That depends on the congregation. Spanish or Vietnamese may be more appropriate.

And does it really matter whether somebody says "Maundy Thursday" vs "Holy Thursday"?
 
Rumpel said:
No need for eye-rolling.
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Oh, yes, there is. If "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name" is the English translation used by so many denominations, what was it translated from, and whence its origins? Te Deum - Wikipedia

:roll:
 
Rumpel said:
You did not mention the Catholics in your list.
That's why I asked.
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Why, oh, why would I list the Catholic Church? Think about this for a moment, Rumpel.
 
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