Verbum caro factum est (Cantiones sacrae [1591])

The Word Became Flesh

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SSATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → Christmas Season → The Nativity of the Lord → General

Publication Information:
Tetra/Continuo — TC 140 (1967)

Text Information:
Reference: John 1:14

Lyrics:

Verbum caro factum est,
et habitavit in nobis,
et vidimus gloriam ejus,
gloriam quasi unigenitia Patre,
plenum gratiae et veritatis.

English translation:
And the Word became flesh 
and made his dwelling among us,
and we saw his glory,
the glory as of the Father’s only Son,
full of grace and truth.

Notes: Actually SSATTB.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Oct 30, 2021 Last updated: Jan 20, 2022