- Gloria, Laus et Honor
"Gloria, Laus et Honor" is a Christian
hymn , composed byTheodulph of Orléans in810 . It is in Latinelegiacs , of which theRoman Missal takes the first six for the hymn following the procession onPalm Sunday (the use to which the hymn was always dedicated).Processional use
The first couplet,
:"Gloria, laus et honor tibi sit Rex Christe, Redemptor, Cui puerile decus prompsit hosanna pium",
is sung by chanters inside of the church (the door having been closed), and is repeated by the processional chorus outside of the church. The chanters then sing the second couplet, the chorus responding with the refrain of the first couplet, and so on for the remaining couplets until the
subdeacon strikes the door with the staff of the cross, whereupon the door is opened, the hymn ceases, and the procession enters the church.Words
The words of the refrain ("puerile decus") suggested the assignment of the hymn in the Middle Ages to boy chanters (thus at Salisbury, York, Hereford, Rouen, etc.). The hymn is founded on
Psalm xxiii (Vulgate ), 7-10;Psalm cxvii , 26; Matt. xxi, 1-16; Luke xix, 37-38.References
*Mearns in Julian, "Dict. of Hymnology" (2nd ed., London, 1907), s.v. To this list of trs. add: Donahoe, "Early Christian Hymns" (New York, 1908);
*"Missal for the Use of the Laity" (London, 1903).For the legend concerning its origin, see
*Mearns, loc. cit.;
*Kayser, "Beitrage z. Gesch. u. Erklarung der alten Kirchenhymnen" (Paderborn, 1886), 313-322, full text and much comment.External links
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16041b.htm "Catholic Encyclopedia" article]
* [http://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/Hymni/GloriaLaus.html Online Latin text]
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