...all angels cry aloud, the heavens and all the powers therein. Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ; when Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man, Thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb. The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge Thee. When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness...

...upon Thyself to deliver man, Thou didst humble thyself to be born of a virgin, overcoming the sting of death, Thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to...all believers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God the Father in glory. We believe that thou willst come to be our judge We therefore implore thee to...

...300, renders: 'né à l'instar des hommes'. FW Beare cites the lines of the Te Deum as illustrative: 'When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb', Epistle to the Philippians, p. 83. Compare Moffatt's translation: 'born in human guise': Michaelis,...

...(17.276+st/.). This is the Church's preeminent song of praise which includes (in translation) the words "When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death,...didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers" and ends with a plea that God's servants, "redeemed with thy precious blood," might be made "to be...

...concupiscent desire for some nymph or shepherd boy). But only the God of Israel can be called Emmanuel. "When Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man, Thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb", says the Te Deum. That's getting clinical. Indeed, all the great acts in the drama of redemption proceed...