Religion

Quodcumque in orbe nexibus revinxeris

by Anonymous Latin Hymns c. 5th–15th century

Translated by Edward Caswall (1849) · From Lyra Catholica (1849)

Religion

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.

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Latin: Quodcumque in orbe nexibus revinxeris. Printed in Caswall's Lyra Catholica (1849) among the Proper of Saints (Roman Breviary).

MLA

Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Quodcumque in orbe nexibus revinxeris.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/134/.

Chicago

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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