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The text of the song, in four stanzas of six lines each, alludes to Jesus saying that he is the way, the truth and life . [2] In the German version, it does not rhyme. [ 6 ] The first stanza is written in the first person, declaring that the singer supports the view.
"Gelobt seist du, Herr Jesu Christ" (Praised be you, Lord Jesus Christ) is a Catholic hymn, addressing Jesus as the King. The five stanzas, composed in 1886, was written by the German Jesuit and hymnologist Guido Maria Dreves, and the melody was composed in 1928, three years after the introduction of the Feast of Christ the King, by the Austrian church musician Josef Venantius von Wöss.
"Sei uns willkommen, Herre Christ" is the earliest surviving Christmas hymn in the German language. [1] It originated as a leise and its melody is first recorded as a fragment in the Liuthar Gospels at Aachen Cathedral Treasury, probably dating to the 14th century. The earliest complete surviving version is in a manuscript from Erfurt dating to ...
" Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" ("Praise be to You, Jesus Christ") is a Lutheran hymn, written by Martin Luther in 1524. It was first published in 1524 in the Eyn geystlich Gesangk Buchleyn . For centuries the chorale has been the prominent hymn (Hauptlied) for Christmas Day in German speaking Lutheranism , but has also been used in different ...
" Jesu, meine Freude" ([ˈjeːzu ˈmaɪnə ˈfʁɔʏdə]; Jesus, my joy) is a hymn in German, written by Johann Franck in 1650, [1] with a melody, Zahn No. 8032, by Johann Crüger. The song first appeared in Crüger's hymnal Praxis pietatis melica in 1653. The text addresses Jesus as joy and support, versus enemies and the vanity of existence.
The song of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied (NGL) appears in the German Protestant hymnal of 1995 as EG 272. [ 5 ] A version combining the first stanza with a second stanza by an anonymous author, that praises Jesus as a reason for hope, became part of the German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob in 2013, as GL 400 in the section Leben in Gott – Lob ...
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"Herzliebster Jesu" (often translated into English as "Ah, Holy Jesus", sometimes as "O Dearest Jesus") is a Lutheran Passion hymn in German, written in 1630 by Johann Heermann, in 15 stanzas of 4 lines, first published in Devoti Musica Cordis in Breslau. [1]