Verbum caro factum est

General Information

Verbum caro factum est (from John 1:14) is used as the final responsory of Christmas Matins, also used for the Annunciation. There is also a Magnificat antiphon for vespers of the Holy Family with a similar text.

Original text and translations

Latin text Verbum caro factum est Et habitavit in nobis et vidimus gloriam ejus [or cuius gloriam vidimus] gloriam quasi unigeniti a Patre plenum gratiae et veritatis. (verse for Christmas Matins:) Omnia per ispum facta sunt et sine ipso factum est nihil. (LU & Furmanik) (or:) In principio erat verbum et verbum erat apud Deum et Deus erat verbum (Sheppard) ===Antiphon=== Verbum caro factum est Et habitavit in nobis plenum gratiae et veritatis; de cuius plenitudine omnes nos accepimus, et gratiam pro gratia, alleluia.

English translation And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. (KJV) 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Hungarian translation Az Ige testté lett és miköztünk lakozott és mi láttuk dicsőségét mint az Atya egyszülöttjének dicsőségét telve kegyelemmel és igazsággal.

German translation Übersetzung Peter Rottländer Das Wort ist Fleisch geworden und wohnte unter uns, und wir sahen seine Herrlichkeit, eine Herrlichkeit gleich der des einzigen Sohnes des Vaters, voller Gnade und Wahrheit.

Settings by composers

In Latin, unless otherwise indicated.

Cancionero de Uppsala (first line only in a macaronic text) Antoine Busnois (first two lines only) Constantin Christian Dedekind SAB (German) Joseph Furmanik as 9th responsory for Matins of Christmas Day Andreas Hammerschmidt a 6 (German) Hans Leo Hassler a 6 Lassus a 3 a 6 Liebhold a 4 (German)

Franciscus de Rivulo Johann Hermann Schein a 6 Heinrich Schütz SWV 314 with alleluias SWV 385 (German) John Sheppard (Sarum?) variant of responsory Georg Philipp Telemann SSB (German) Tomás Luis de Victoria a 3 Johann Walter Pandolfo Zallamella a 5

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