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Text:Adeste, fideles
Author (attributed to):John F. Wade (c. 1711-1786)
Tune:ADESTE FIDELES
Composer (attributed to):John Francis Wade (c. 1711-1786)

307. Adeste, fideles

1 Adeste, fideles,
laeti, triumphantes,
venite, venite in Bethlehem;
natum videte
regem angelorum:
[Refrain:]
venite, adoremus,
venite, adoremus,
venite, adoremus Dominum.

2 Deum de Deo,
Lumen de Lumine,
gestant puellae viscera,
Deum verum,
genitum, non factum: [Refrain]

3. Cantet nunc hymnos
chorus angelorum;
cantet nunc aula caelestium:
Gloria
in excelsis Deo! [Refrain]

4 Ergo qui natus
die hodierna,
Jesu, tibi sit gloria:
Patris aeterni
verbum caro factum: [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Adeste, fideles
Author (attributed to): John F. Wade (c. 1711-1786)
Refrain First Line: venite, adoremus
Meter: Irregular
Language: English; Latin
Publication Date: 2008
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: Life in Christ: Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany
Tune Information
Name: ADESTE FIDELES
Composer (attributed to): John Francis Wade (c. 1711-1786)
Meter: Irregular
Key: G Major



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