Talk:Te Deum

BCP
The translation of Te Deum in the BCP:

We praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee: the Father everlasting. To thee Angels cry aloud: the heavens and all the powers therein. To thee Cherubin and Seraphin: continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty: of thy glory. The glorious company of the Apostles: praise thee. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets: praise thee. The noble army of Martyrs: praise thee. The holy Church throughout all the world: doth acknowledge thee; The Father: of an infinite majesty; Thine honourable, true: and only Son; Also the Holy Ghost: the Comforter. Thou art the King of glory: O Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son: of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man: thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death: thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God: in the glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come: to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee, help thy servants: whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy Saints: in glory everlasting. [O Lord, save thy people: and bless thine heritage. Govern them: and lift them up for ever. Day by day: we magnify thee; And we worship thy Name: ever world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord: to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us: have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us: as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted: let me never be confounded.]

202.0.40.96 08:17, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * This is also the text used in (at least) Handel's setting of the Te Deum. It reads better to me, but I'm obviously biased :) Dewet 14:47, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * I agree - that text *is* the Te Deum - although I think of it sung by bad choirs to various Anglican chants. Perhaps that should be given as the English version rather than the moderately literal modern translation that's currently there (although that's better than the CofE's latest effort). A435(m) 16:03, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
Would it be appropriate to mention "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name"? (http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/h/o/holygod.htm) - it's very plainly based on the Te Deum, but I'm not sure it really deserves a page of its own. Cheyinka 22:37, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Added mention of "Großer Gott, wir loben dich" and "Holy God, we praise thy name" under "Music" section.Echevalier (talk) 04:35, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Stanford
Charles Villiers Stanford also wrote three settings: Te Deum in B flat, Op. 10; Te Deum in C, Op. 115; and Te Deum in A.
 * According to Grove V, Opp. 10 and 115 were not Te Deums but "Morning, Evening and Communion Services". The only Te Deum in his list of works is his Op. 66 of 1898, written for the Leeds Festival, for solo voices, chorus and orchestra.  It doesn't give a key, but it might be the "Te Deum in A" referred to.  --   Jack of Oz    ... speak! ...   21:31, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Literally?
I read Te Deum Laudamus rendered literally as "Thee, O God, we praise". I would drop the word literally here, because there is no "O" nor a comma in the Latin, - or say "Thee God we praise". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:17, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Neither really pick up the thrust of the Latin as 'Deum' is accusative not vocative. It's one of a series of three accusatives (Deum, Dominum, Patrem) intended to be the same case as the repeated 'Te'. It would be more accurately translated as 'We praise Thee as God, we acknowledge Thee as Lord, All the earth doth worship thee as Father everlasting.' asnac (talk) 08:41, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Havergal Brian
Surprised not to see a mention of Havergal Brian's setting of the Te Deum, which forms the second, longer part of his vast Gothic Symphony. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.174.14.255 (talk) 20:15, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Oder of examples
I added two works, wondering about the sorting? Is intended: composer's date of birth? date of composition? date of premiere? - Inconsistent in any case. I suggest to at least supply some dates, and not leave it to the reader to click both work and composer to find out. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:04, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

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 * Agreed and ✅ Klbrain (talk) 14:22, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

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Ancient Jewish Prayer - so probably translated
The Sanctity verses are repeated in all three daily prayers in several locations in the ancient Jewish prayers. In the Kaddish - recited by mourners and by the cantor leading the prayer. In the Keddushah - the holiest part of the prayer, ("the prayer" being the personal and silent section of prayer with all other parts actually just being a preparation for the prayer and leading up to it), recited by the cantor and repeated by the congregation. The Kedusha is absent from the night-time prayer where there is no loud recital of the (silent) prayer section by the cantor at all. (This is originally due to the voluntary participation in this prayer, assuming only men who knew how to read would join).

Then there is a section before reciting "Shemma" ("Hear oh Israel") which is the "Blessing of the light". This section repeats the "Holy Holy Holy" with chants, poetry, verses and words in alphabetical order and some early rhymes.

During the Sabbath prayers, this same 'blessing of light' is repeated with middle-age and early poetry leading up to it and following it. In modern-day synagogues, these chants are usually sung to a tune.

Last, but not least, there is a repetition of this in all three prayers, "outside" the prayer itself. During the afternoon prayer - before the prayer (omitted by European Jews in the weekdays), and in the morning and evening prayers, after the main prayer is over.

In all of these there is an ancient chant with the words:
 * Qadosh Qadosh Qadosh YY Sevvaoth, Melo Kol Haaretz Kevodo... (words of Isaiah and Ezekiel)
 * Vehaofanim Vehayoth Hakodesh Beraash Gadol Mitnas'im Leumat Serafim.
 * Leumatam Meshabhim Ve-Omrim:
 * Baruch Kevod YY Memekkomo 

which translates:
 * ...Holy Holy Holy (is) God of (heavenly) Armies, full (of) all the-earth (is) his-respect.... (words of Isaiah and Ezekiel)
 * ...and the wheels and the holy animals, with a loud noise, rise opposite the Serafim,
 * opposite them they praise and say:
 * Blessed is the respect of YY from his place.

As a footnote: in Biblical Hebrew, Kavod (respect) and Kevodo (his respect) also translates to: Fully all the land (is) his liver, and: Blessed is the liver... since the liver was seemingly the organ that responds to strong feelings like fear and happiness, and was believed to control the stomach and bowels. (Several verses in psalms refer to human body parts - going through the eyes, mouth, heart, spleen, and finally the liver: 'kavod' or 'kevodi' my liver).

In these prayers the name of God which should never be pronounced (as interpreted by the Jewish understanding of the 2nd commandment: Thou shall not raise the name of YY thy god falsely), is changed to Adonai - meaning "my lords" (or "my owners"). Atta - meaning 'you', is always in the single form. God's name is printed in the prayer books as a double Y, so as not to write the name. (In prayer books in Jewish communities living under Islam, this was changed to printing the full name in a special font and adding Adonai in small letters between them)

The verb Modim - can mean we accept, we agree, or we thank. Thus "Modim Anachnu Lecha" means both "Praise we - you" and "Acknowledge we - you".

The blessing of light begins (with Hebrew rhymes and initials) :
 * All shall accept you (also means: shall thank you), all shall praise you,
 * All shall say: The is no (one) holy like YY (from Sam1 2:2)
 * ...You shall be blessed forever our king, maker of servants
 * and which the servants of his stand at the height of the world. (ref: psalms 92:9)
 * and sounding in fear together loudly (lit: In their voice)
 * the words of the living God (lit: words of living gods) and the king of the world.
 * (alphabetical poem:) They are all beloved, they are all clear, they are all heroes (lit: strong)
 * and they all do in horror and fear the wish of their founder. (lit: The one who stood them up. Also in later Hebrew means: their owner/buyer)
 * And they all open their mouths in holiness and cleanliness,
 * in poetry and singing (biblical lit: in whistling and humming)
 * and they bless, and they praise, and they glorify (lit: put a hat),
 * and they worship (biblical lit: make him their dictator), and they set as holy, and they set as their king. (lit: these are three words, 3 verbs in Hebrew)
 * the name of the God, the great strong and feared king, - holy he is.
 * And they all take upon themselves the heavenly kingdom yoke one from the other,
 * And give with love permission one to the other to sanctify their creator peacefully (lit: with descending breath, ref: Isaiah 11:2)
 * in a clear language (ref: Zef 3:9) and nicely (ref: psalms 135:3)
 * All as one answer with horror and say with fear:
 * Holy holy holy...

I don't have time now, but will later translate the Te Deum to biblical and ritual Hebrew, and show which prayers they cam from.

Under construction:

Protestant [Years required] citations requested
In the History section, I noticed [Year needed] for Anglican, Lutheran and Reformed churches retaining the Te Deum in matins. I'm not entirely sure how to resolve this, as these churches never eliminated it and reintroduced it. Would the year just be when the churches separated from the Roman Catholic Church? It's in the 1549 BCP and the earliest English (sadly I don't speak or read German) Lutheran Hymnal I could get my hands on (Common Service of 1888). What's the best way to resolve this? The.dad.drew (talk) 06:29, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Lots of these year needed tags are not quite appropriate, and I removed a few of them. A quick accounting:


 * 1) The "traditional office" does not need a year attached – the fact that it is used in this office does not need to account for when it was introduced into the office. It is certainly within the scope of this article if someone wants to dig that up and include it, but its absence is certainly not detracting in terms of authority.
 * 2) It's really unnecessary the way it's used throughout the Protestant section. Even if it would be prudent to include years for all of that content, it's messy to put a tag after each statement. I cleared all three of them, though, because
 * 3) It would be clumsy to add in the current format. It is arguably beyond the scope of this article to discuss the use of the liturgy of the hours within Anglicanism, Lutheranism, and Reformed traditions.
 * 4) The context for when these happen is in the development of the Book of Common Prayer and the linked article on Matins in Lutheranism (which could use some work) and the use of the office of the hours within these traditions itself.
 * These tags were all added by, who I invite to help clarify if any of these should actually stay. Ehler (talk) 16:37, 12 June 2020 (UTC)