Adoro te devote

Adoro te devote is one of five hymns that were written on the occasion of the introduction of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi ) in 1264 by Pope Urban IV of Thomas Aquinas. The hymn has been Pius V. ( 1570) part of the Roman Missal.

The Roman Catholic Church teaches that the consecrated in the Mass gifts of bread and wine Christ is truly and permanently present ( real presence ). In the comprehensive seven verses hymn Adoro Te Devote describes the hl. Thomas Aquinas, how to mentally approach this mystery.

Text and German translations

Analysis

From the first verse still generally deeply hidden deity, Aquinas leads according to Aristotelian deduction to the particular in the seventh verse, is recognized in Jesus Christ as the deeply hidden deity.

The image of the pelican in the sixth verse refers to a myth, according to which the pelican tears open up the chest and the young feeds with his own blood.

Pope John Paul II called the 27th and final year of his pontificate as the "Year of the Eucharist " from. His Christmas sermon 2004, he focused on the subject: " Adoro Te Devote " and even on the Christmas card posted on the internet (see links ), he wrote in shaky handwriting, from the deepest conviction of faith and as a legacy for posterity: " Adoro te devote [ ... ] In Nativitate Domini 2004 " Adoro te devote so was the last Christmas sermon, the Pope John Paul II could recite more independently.

Originally the line Te laudo deuote, latens ueritas, / que Te [= quae ] sub his formis UERE latitas was; see Robert Wielockx Adoro te deuote. To solve an ancient crux, in: Annales theologici 21 (2007) 101-138.

The most popular translation today hidden divinity deep, praying I'll close I ( praise of God # 497 ) comes from the nun Sr. M. Steiner Petronia OP ( 1908-1995 ) and was built in 1951.

Reception in music

  • Charles Gounod (1818-1893), choral
  • Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911), Fugue for Organ
  • Stanislaus Aenstood (1843-1903), choral
  • Heinrich Barthelme (1909-1985), choral
  • Litaize Gaston (1909-1991), choral
  • Ludger Stühlmeyer (* 1961 ), singing solo, flute and organ
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