"Agnus Dei (music) Agnus Dei, referring to the Christian theological concept of the Lamb of God and the associated liturgical text from the Roman Catholic Latin Mass, has been set to music by many composers, as it is normally one of the movements or sections in a sung Mass setting. However, sometimes it stands alone, e.g. it provides the lyrics for Samuel Barber's ""Agnus Dei"", the choral arrangement of his ""Adagio for Strings"". The Agnus Dei is a setting of the ""Lamb of God"" litany, based on John the Baptist's reference in to Jesus (""Behold the Lamb of God that"
"Missio Dei Missio Dei is a Latin Christian theological term that can be translated as the ""mission of God,"" or the ""sending of God."" It is a concept which has become increasingly important in missiology and in understanding the mission of the church since the second half of the 20th century. Some of its key proponents include David Bosch, Lesslie Newbigin, and Darrell Guder. In 1934, the German missiologist Karl Hartenstein first coined the term ""missio Dei"" to distinguish it from the ""missio ecclesiae"", that is, the mission of the church. Some scholars holds that this coinage, which can be"
"embellished settings of the ""Sanctus"" text, The Agnus Dei is a setting of the ""Lamb of God"" litany, containing the responses ""miserere nobis"" (have mercy upon us), repeated twice, and ""dona nobis pacem"" (grant us peace) once at the end. In a Requiem Mass, the words """"miserere nobis"""" are replaced by """"dona eis requiem"""" (grant them rest), while """"dona nobis pacem"""" is replaced by """"dona eis requiem sempiternam"""" (grant them eternal rest). There is some additional terminology regarding Mass settings indicating whether or not they include all five usual sections of the ordinarium, and whether or not the mass is"
"Lamb of God sung or recited during the fraction of the Host. It is said to have been introduced into the Mass by Pope Sergius I (687–701). ""Agnus Dei"" has been set to music by many composers, usually as part of a Mass setting. In Christian iconography, an Agnus Dei is a visual representation of Jesus as a lamb, since the Middle Ages, usually holding a standard or banner with a cross. This normally rests on the lamb's shoulder and is held in its right foreleg. Often the cross will have a white banner suspended from it charged with a"
"(Agnus Dei) only appears in the Gospel of John, with the exclamation of John the Baptist: ""Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world"" in , the title reaffirmed the next day in . The second use of the title Lamb of God takes place in the presence of the first two apostles of Jesus, who immediately follow him, address him as Rabbi with respect and later in the narrative bring others to meet him. These two proclamations of Jesus as the Lamb of God closely bracket the Baptist's other proclamation in : ""I have"
"Deus Deus () is Latin for ""god"" or ""deity"". Latin ""deus"" and ""dīvus"" ""divine"", are descended from Proto-Indo-European *""deiwos"", ""celestial"" or ""shining"", from the same root as ""*Dyēus"", the reconstructed chief god of the Proto-Indo-European pantheon. In Classical Latin, ""deus"" (feminine ""dea"") was a general noun referring to a deity, while in technical usage a ""divus"" or ""diva"" was a figure who had become divine, such as a divinized emperor. In Late Latin, ""Deus"" came to be used mostly for the Christian God. It was inherited by the Romance languages in French ""Dieu"", Spanish ""Dios"", Portuguese and Galician ""Deus"", Italian"
"""O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig"" is titled ""Das Agnus Dei Deutsch"" (The Agnus Dei in German), indicating that it was supposed to take the position of the Agnus Dei during the ""Abendmahl"" (communion). This function was soon taken by Luther's ""Christe, du Lamm Gottes"", while ""O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig"", which adds the memory of Christ's Passion, was used as a hymn for Passiontide. The hymn was included in the Evangelisches Kirchengesangbuch (EKG) of 1950 as a Passion song, EKG 55, with two slightly different melodies, called northern (""norddeutsche"") and southern (""süddeutsche"") version. The hymn appeared in 1616 first in a Catholic"
"for human beings who gain merit through an ethical life, where they become guardian deities and live blissfully in heaven, but are also subject to death when their merit is lost. The English language word ""deity"" derives from Old French ""deité,"" the Latin ""deitatem"" or ""divine nature"", coined by Augustine of Hippo from ""deus"" (""god""). Deus is related through a common Proto-Indo-European (PIE) origin to ""*deiwos"". This root yields the ancient Indian word ""Deva"" meaning ""to gleam, a shining one"", from *div- ""to shine"", as well as Greek ""dios"" ""divine"" and Zeus; and Latin ""deus"" ""god"" (Old Latin ""deivos""). Deva"
"Ad maiorem Dei gloriam Ad maiorem Dei gloriam or ad majorem Dei gloriam, also rendered as the abbreviation AMDG, is the Latin motto of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), an order of the Catholic Church. It means ""For the greater glory of God."" The origin of the phrase is attributed to the founder of the Jesuits, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, who intended it to serve as a cornerstone sentiment of the society's religious philosophy. The full phrase attributed to St. Ignatius is ""Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem"" or ""for the greater glory of God and the salvation of"
"(""""sub presentiâ nonnes Guttes, ancille Dei""""). This reference shows that even in the sixth century, ""ancilla Dei"" is a title not peculiar to religious persons; the author regarded it as necessary to state explicitly that she was ""nonnes"". From the pontificate of Pope Gregory I (590–604), however, only nuns, as a rule, were qualified by this title. Ancilla Dei The term handmaid of God is an expression found in patristic literature. For example the term was used as an address in letters by Augustine. In early Christian inscriptions the title ancilla Dei (Latin for ""handmaid of God"") is often given"
"a substantive, ""divus"" refers to a ""deified"" or divinized mortal. Both ""deus"" and ""divus"" derive from Indo-European ""*deywos"", Old Latin ""deivos"". Servius confirms that ""deus"" is used for ""perpetual deities"" ""(deos perpetuos)"", but ""divus"" for people who become divine ""(divos ex hominibus factos)"". While this distinction is useful in considering the theological foundations of Imperial cult, it sometimes vanishes in practice, particularly in Latin poetry; Vergil, for instance, mostly uses ""deus"" and ""divus"" interchangeably. Varro and Ateius, however, maintained that the definitions should be reversed. See also Imperial cult: ""Divus, deus"" and the ""numen"". The formula ""do ut des"" (""I"
"Opus Dei Opus Dei, formally known as The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (), is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church which teaches that everyone is called to holiness and that ordinary life is a path to sanctity. The majority of its membership are lay people; the remainder are secular priests under the governance of a prelate elected by specific members and appointed by the Pope. ""Opus Dei"" is Latin for ""Work of God""; hence the organization is often referred to by members and supporters as ""the Work"". Opus Dei was founded in Spain in 1928"
"Ancilla Dei The term handmaid of God is an expression found in patristic literature. For example the term was used as an address in letters by Augustine. In early Christian inscriptions the title ancilla Dei (Latin for ""handmaid of God"") is often given to a deceased woman. From the meaning attached to this term in the Middle Ages it has sometimes been assumed that the persons so qualified in the first age of Christianity were consecrated virgins. The inscriptions containing this formula are of two classes: one, in which it is merely stated that a given person was ""ancilla Dei"";"
"words describing the praise of the worshippers joining with the angels, who are pictured as praising God with the words of the Sanctus. In Christianity (which branches out into different christian beliefs), the Sanctus is offered as a response by the choir during the Holy Anaphora. composers of the late Renaissance began to work with more free, and longer melodic lines. Imitation begins and is used between voices and each singer's melody fluctuates less in pitch and becomes to the text. A Listening chart explaining the Sanctus: The Agnus Dei is split into two sections. Agnus Dei I and the"
"Misericordia Dei Misericordia Dei (""Mercy of God"") is the title of an apostolic letter by Pope John Paul II to foster and reemphasize the importance of the ""Sacrament of Reconciliation"". The letter is subtitled """"On Certain Aspects of the Sacrament of Penance"""" and was promulgated on 7 April 2002 in Rome, issued as Motu proprio and was signed by him. The letter begins by quoting the Gospel of Matthew that Jesus was born to ""save his people from their sins"" and emphasizes the fervent and energetic summons with which John the Baptist called for repentance. Quoting the Epistle to the"
"with a small cross, resting at a diagonal angle over its shoulder, flying a banner of the Cross of St. George (except in Perth's coat of arms, where it flies a banner of the Cross of St Andrew). In the Roman Catholic Church, an ""Agnus Dei"" is a disc of wax, stamped with an image of Jesus as a lamb bearing a cross, that is consecrated by the Pope as a sacramental. These were often set in jewelry, and might be worn round the neck on a chain, or as a brooch. Lamb of God Lamb of God (, ""Amnos"
"Concursus Dei Concursus dei or concursus divinus (lat., Literally: divine concurrence) is a theological and philosophical teaching that divine activity runs parallel to the activity of people and things. This notion allegedly resolves the dichotomy between ""acts of nature or humans"" vs. ""acts of God."" According to ""concursus Dei"", an event can be both simultaneously an act of nature c.q. humans and an act of God. Hence, when a surgeon operates and causes a patient to be healed, concursus Dei suggests it is appropriate to credit God with the healing. Concursus Dei is not the same as synergism as it"
"which rises in victory as the Resurrected Christ was employed in early Christology, e.g. in 375 Saint Augustine wrote: ""Why a lamb in his passion? For he underwent death without being guilty of any inequity. Why a lion in his resurrection? For in being slain, he slew death."" The Lamb of God title has found widespread use in Christian prayers and the ""Agnus Dei"" (""Lamb of God who take away the sins of the world have mercy on us; Lamb of God who take away the sins of the world grant us peace"") is used both in liturgy and as"
"obligated and destined to extend it by whatever means possible. The mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus. To obstruct this is to block God’s purposes in and through God’s people.” Peters states that the Bible claims “the end result of such ""missio Dei"" is the glorification of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” Missio Dei Missio Dei is a Latin Christian theological term that can be translated as the ""mission of God,"" or the ""sending of God."" It is a concept which has become increasingly important in missiology and"
"right of married men to become priests and prescribing excommunication for anyone who attempted to separate a clergyman from his wife, or for any cleric who abandoned his wife. In a step that was symbolically important in view of the council's prohibition of depicting Christ as a Lamb, Sergius introduced into the liturgy the chant ""Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us"" at the breaking of the Host during Mass, and restored the damaged facade mosaic in the atrium of Saint Peter's that depicted the Worship of the Lamb. The ""Agnus Dei"""
"Deus Agnus Dei"" (Lord God, Lamb of God) is presented in contrasting triple-piano and even rhythm. A third aspect, ""Domine Deus Filius Patris"" (Lord God, Son of the Father), appear forte and with an even accompaniment in triplets. The aria is, by its music of energetic syncopes, dotted rhythms and leaps, an image of a majestic heavenly king. The fourth movement of the Gloria is a duet for the two female soloists, expressing ""Qui tollis peccati mundi, miserere nobis"" (You who carries the sins of the world, have mercy). Marked Andantino mosso ( = 76) in common time, it has"
"for the feelings of all those who are attached to the Latin liturgical tradition, by a wide and generous application of the directives already issued some time ago by the Apostolic See for the use of the Roman Missal according to the typical edition of 1962"". In this the Pope expanded the scope of permission already granted under the 1984 special indult ""Quattuor Abhinc Annos"". The conditions indicated in the document to which Pope John Paul referred were replaced on 7 July 2007 by those indicated in the ""motu proprio"" ""Summorum Pontificum"". Ecclesia Dei Ecclesia Dei is the incipit of"
"2014, American liturgical composer, Dan Schutte wrote the piece ""Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam"" for worship hymnals and missals. ""Ad majorem Dei Gloriam"" appears in the credits of Martin Scorsese's movie about Jesuits in Japan, ""Silence"".<8> Ad maiorem Dei gloriam Ad maiorem Dei gloriam or ad majorem Dei gloriam, also rendered as the abbreviation AMDG, is the Latin motto of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), an order of the Catholic Church. It means ""For the greater glory of God."" The origin of the phrase is attributed to the founder of the Jesuits, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, who intended it to serve"
"during octaves and certain votive Masses. Sanctus (""Holy, Holy, Holy""), the second part of which, beginning with the word ""Benedictus"" (""Blessed is he""), was often sung separately after the consecration, if the setting was long. It was at one time popular to replace at a Solemn Mass the second half of the ""Sanctus"" (the ""Benedictus"") with hymns such as the O Salutaris Hostia, or, at requiems, with a musical setting of the final invocation of the Dies Irae: ""Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem."" Agnus Dei (""Lamb of God""). Until the 1970 revision of the Roman Missal, the ""Agnus Dei"""
"Te Deum The Te Deum (also known as Ambrosian Hymn or A Song of the Church) is an early Christian hymn of praise. The title is taken from its opening Latin words, ""Te Deum laudamus"", rendered as ""Thee, O God, we praise"". The term can also refer to a short religious service, held to bless an event or give thanks, which is based upon the hymn. The hymn remains in regular use in the Catholic Church, Lutheran Church, Anglican Church and Methodist Church (mostly before the Homily) in the Office of Readings found in the Liturgy of the Hours, and"
"rather than of quantity. Magis Magis (pronounced ""màh-gis"") is a Latin word that means ""more"" or ""greater"". It is related to ""ad majorem Dei gloriam"", a Latin phrase meaning ""for the greater glory of God"", the motto of the Society of Jesus. Magis refers to the philosophy of doing more for Christ, and therefore doing more for others. It is an expression of an aspiration and inspiration. It relates to forming the ideal society centered on Jesus Christ. Modern use of the word is often traced to St. Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises or retreat, where he would have the exercitant ask:"
"the soprano melody reminiscent of pizzicato strings. The sense of anxiety and foreboding continues with ominous drumbeats and wind fanfares in the ""Agnus Dei"", which opens with minor-key timpani strokes (hence the German nickname, Paukenmesse), perhaps fate itself, knocking seemingly from the depths. This foreshadows the timpani-catalysed drama of the ""Agnus Dei"" in Beethoven's ""Missa Solemnis"". The music brightens with trumpet fanfares, ending with an almost dance-like entreaty and celebration of peace, ""Dona nobis pacem"" (Give us peace). Missa in tempore belli Missa in tempore belli (""""), Hob. XXII/9, is a setting of the mass by Joseph Haydn. It is"
"than the rest of the congregation, in accordance with the doctrine of universal priesthood. Verbi dei minister Verbi Dei minister (Minister of the Word of God), also verbi divini minister (Minister of the Divine Word), is a Latin religious title abbreviated V.D.M.. The term is typically appended as a name suffix to a person's full name to denote his status (sometimes self-determined) as a Christian minister. The title is mostly used by Protestant preachers and pastors. This is generally the preferred title of Calvinist ministers, because they have worked for the extensive de-clericalisation of the church and it is felt"
"Verbi dei minister Verbi Dei minister (Minister of the Word of God), also verbi divini minister (Minister of the Divine Word), is a Latin religious title abbreviated V.D.M.. The term is typically appended as a name suffix to a person's full name to denote his status (sometimes self-determined) as a Christian minister. The title is mostly used by Protestant preachers and pastors. This is generally the preferred title of Calvinist ministers, because they have worked for the extensive de-clericalisation of the church and it is felt to refute any claim or suggestion that the pastor has a more elevated status"
"as well as Descartes and Spinoza. It is also a concept currently invoked by Calvinist theologians. Concursus Dei Concursus dei or concursus divinus (lat., Literally: divine concurrence) is a theological and philosophical teaching that divine activity runs parallel to the activity of people and things. This notion allegedly resolves the dichotomy between ""acts of nature or humans"" vs. ""acts of God."" According to ""concursus Dei"", an event can be both simultaneously an act of nature c.q. humans and an act of God. Hence, when a surgeon operates and causes a patient to be healed, concursus Dei suggests it is appropriate"
"usage of the former two is sometimes blurred, it corresponds to the distinction in Western cultures between ""god"" and ""deity"", Latin ""genius"" (meaning a generative principle, ""spirit"") and ""deus"" or ""divus""; ""dì"", sometimes translated as ""thearch"", implies a manifested or incarnate ""godly"" power. It is etymologically and figuratively analogous to the concept of ""di"" as the base of a fruit, which falls and produces other fruits. This analogy is attested in the ""Shuowen jiezi"" explaining ""deity"" as ""what faces the base of a melon fruit"". The latter term 仙 ""xiān"" unambiguously means a man who has reached immortality, similarly to"
"there a number of members of Opus Dei who have been proposed for beatification: Opus Dei Opus Dei, formally known as The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (), is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church which teaches that everyone is called to holiness and that ordinary life is a path to sanctity. The majority of its membership are lay people; the remainder are secular priests under the governance of a prelate elected by specific members and appointed by the Pope. ""Opus Dei"" is Latin for ""Work of God""; hence the organization is often referred to by"
"Sigillum Dei The Sigillum Dei (seal of God, or signum dei vivi, symbol of the living God, called by John Dee the Sigillum Dei Aemeth) was a late Middle Ages magical diagram, composed of two circles, a pentagram, and three heptagons, and is labeled with the name of God and his angels. It was an amulet (""amuletum"") with the magical function that, according to one of the oldest sources (""Liber Juratus""), allowed the initiated magician to have power over all creatures except Archangels, but usually only reserved for those who can achieve the blessed vision of God and angels (""beatific"