Religion
Quodcumque in orbe nexibus revinxeris
Translated by Edward Caswall (1849) · From Lyra Catholica (1849)
Peter, whatever thou shalt bind on earth.
The same is bound above the starry sky;
What here thy delegated pow’r doth loose,
Is loos’d in Heaven’s great citadel on high;
To judgment shalt thou come, when the world’s end is nigh.
Praise to the Father through all ages be
The same to Thee, O coetemal Son,
And Holy Ghost, One glorious Trinity;
To whom all majesty and might belong;
So sing we now, and such be our eternal song.
Codex Note
Latin: Quodcumque in orbe nexibus revinxeris. Printed in Caswall's Lyra Catholica (1849) among the Proper of Saints (Roman Breviary).
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Quodcumque in orbe nexibus revinxeris.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/134/.
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Quodcumque in orbe nexibus revinxeris.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/134/.
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