There's an English version ("Oh come, all ye faithful"). But of course it
isn't an exact translation, and anyway sometimes I just ~like~ the Latin words.
"Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, deum verum, genitum non factum; venite
adoremus...".
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Bernd Oppolzer
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2022 16:20
No english verson of "Adeste fideles"?
--- Am 18.09.2022 um 15:17 schrieb Bob Bridges:
> I never took Latin (and I was astonished when I learned that my youngest
> daughter was taking it in high school; I thought it had long disappeared
> entirely from the public schools, but apparently not), and my upbringing was
> Episcopal not Catholic, so I never experienced the liturgy in Latin. And I'm
> not sorry that so many old Christmas carols have been translated to English.
> But NO ONE sings "Adeste, fideles" any more! I do miss that.
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