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"Christ the Lord Is Risen Again!" (German: "Christus ist erstanden Von der Marter alle") is a German Christian hymn published by Michael Weiße in 1531 based on an earlier German hymn of a very similar name. [1] It was translated into English in 1858 by Catherine Winkworth. [2]
Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. Dying you destroyed our death, rising you restored our life. Lord Jesus, come in glory. When we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim your death, Lord Jesus, until you come in glory. Lord, by your cross and resurrection, you have set us free. You are the Saviour of the world.
"Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" has been considered by many Christian hymnologists such as William Studwell, as being the most definitive church anthem for Easter. [10] It is an example where Roman Catholics and Anglicans cease using the word "Alleluia" during the period of Lent but restore it into their services on Easter Sunday. [5] Charles ...
Pope John Paul II was permitted to celebrate in this most holy location of Christianity, where he preached on the words spoken by the faithful after the consecration: "Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again".
However, the Orthodox Easter Vigil has been broadcast on radio and television for decades, and so the troparion gradually became well-known to non-Orthodox Finns. In 1986, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland – the largest religious denomination in the country — added the troparion to its revised official hymnal , where it is hymn ...
"Christ Is Risen! Christ Is Risen!" was written by Archer Thompson Gurney in 1862 and was self-published the same year in A Book of Praise. [1] In 1871, a revised version was published in Church Hymns. Gurney expressed his open dissent against the new arrangement in a letter to Church Times.
Christ the Lord is risen today; Christians, haste your vows to pay; Offer ye your praises meet At the Paschal Victim's feet. For the sheep the Lamb hath bled, Sinless in the sinner's stead; "Christ is risen," today we cry; Now He lives no more to die. Christ, the victim undefiled, Man to God hath reconciled; Whilst in strange and awful strife
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity is a nativity ode written by John Milton in 1629 and published in his Poems of Mr. John Milton. The poem describes Christ's Incarnation and his overthrow of earthly and pagan powers. The poem also connects the Incarnation with Christ's Crucifixion.