Te Deum: the Apostles Creed as Devotion?
I was edified to read this chart compiled by W.K. Lowther Clarke comparing the Te Deum to the Apostle's Creed:
Te Deum | Apostles Creed |
Thou art the King of Glory: O Christ. | I believe in Jesus Christ |
Thou art the everlasting Son: of the Father. | His only Son our Lord, |
When Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man: Thou didst humble Thyself to be born of a Virgin. | Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, |
When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death: | Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried. |
Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. | He ascended into heaven, |
Thou sittest at the right hand of God: in the Glory of the Father. | And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty: |
We believe that Thou shalt come: to be our Judge. | From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. |
I add the very first part of the Te Deum follows suit:
Te Deum | Apostles Creed |
We praise Thee O God: we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. | I believe in One God |
All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting. | The Father everlasting. |
This confirms once again that the best devotional texts are often theologically rich.
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1 Comments:
So.. in Sarum & Anglican Matins, we do say the Creed twice!
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