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The Medieval Church · 1264
The Eucharistic Hymns
Thomas Aquinas · 1225–1274
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What it is
Hymns written for the new feast of Corpus Christi — Pange Lingua, Adoro Te Devote, Lauda Sion — compressing the theology of the eucharist into singable verse.
Why it lasted
The greatest theologian of the Middle Ages was also a fine poet, and these are still sung weekly across the Catholic world.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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