“Te Deum Laudamus”.

 

“Te Deum Laudamus”.

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This is the Catholic Church’s most famous Hymn of Thanksgiving. It is similar in meaning to the “Gloria In Excelsis Deo”, only it is much more elaborate and solemn.

Authorship of the Hymn is traditionally ascribed to Saint Ambrose (☩ 397 A.D.) or Saint Augustine (☩ 430 A.D.). 

In 19th-Century scholarship, Saint Hilary of Poitiers 

(☩ 367 A.D.) and Saint Nicetas of Remesiana (☩ 414 A.D.) 

were proposed as possible authors. 

The petitions at the end of the Hymn (beginning “Salvum fac populum tuum”) are a selection of Verses from The Book of Psalms, appended subsequently to the original Hymn. 

The Hymn follows the outline of The Apostles’ Creed, 

mixing a poetic vision of the Heavenly Liturgy 

with its Declaration of Faith. 

Calling on The Name of God immediately, the Hymn 

proceeds to name all those who Praise and Venerate God, 

from the hierarchy of Heavenly Creatures to those 

Christian Faithful already in Heaven, to The Church 

spread throughout the World. 

The Hymn then returns to its “Credal” [Editor: From “The Creed”] formula, naming Christ and recalling His Birth, Suffering and Death, His Resurrection and Glorification. 

At this point, the Hymn turns to the subjects declaiming the Praise, both the Universal Church and the singer in particular, asking for mercy on past sins, protection from future sin, and the hoped-for reunification with The Elect.

and, for comparison,

“Tonus Monasticus” (Monastic Tone) of “The Te Deum”.

Sung by: The Benedictine Monks of The Abbey of 

Saint-Maurice and Saint-Maur, Clervaux, Luxembourg.

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and, for comparison,

“The Te Deum”.

(Solemn Tone).

Sung by: The Benedictine Monks of The Abbey of 

Saint-Maurice and Saint-Maur, Clervaux, Luxembourg.

Available on YouTube

HERE

Monks of one of the Abbeys of the Solesmes Congregation 

sing this beautiful Chant. The “Te Deum” is attributed to 

two Fathers and Doctors of The Church, Saint Ambrose and Saint Augustine and is one the most majestic Chants in the Liturgy of The Church. 

It is sung in Traditional Seminaries and Monastic Houses at the Divine Office and for Double Feasts of The First Class, The Nativity, Easter, Corpus Christi, Epiphany, Pentecost, and those Feasts which have an Octave. 

The solemn “Te Deum” is sung on all occasions of public Church rejoicing (in Traditional Catholic Churches).