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The Latin "Adeste Fidelis" was written by John Francis Wade, an English Catholic who fled the country after the failed 1745 rebellion, and it was not translated into English until 1841.
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The Latin "Adeste Fidelis" was written by John Francis Wade, an English Catholic who fled the country after the failed 1745 rebellion, and it was not translated into English until 1841.
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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"Now we are going to sing the 'Adeste' -- four verses.
The Story of Julia Page Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923
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I thought grown-up Catholics are supposed to listen to "Adeste Fidelis" (not the Anglicized version) and "Ave Maria."
The only Christmas song grown-up Catholics are supposed to listen to during Advent 2009
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"Adeste Fideles seems to have lost its Jacobite meanings not long after Wade's last published book in 1773," said Prof Zon
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The distinction jibed with my comfort in singing "Silent Night" or "Adeste Fideles" during school assemblies -- and my discomfort at bringing my lips to form words such as "Christ the Lord."
Arnold M. Eisen: A Jew At Christmas Arnold M. Eisen 2010
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Unless you live 10 miles up a box canyon deep in the Wasatch Range with only your dog Boomer and are demented from drinking bad water, you are inhaling Christmas night and day and “Adeste Fideles” is stuck in your head like a 5-inch nail.
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The distinction jibed with my comfort in singing "Silent Night" or "Adeste Fideles" during school assemblies -- and my discomfort at bringing my lips to form words such as "Christ the Lord."
Arnold M. Eisen: A Jew At Christmas Arnold M. Eisen 2010
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My mother, a Sussex woman with a Catholic upbringing tells me that when she was young they would sing "Adeste Fideles" when carol singing, yes, in Latin, in order to annoy the Prots.
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"Adeste Fideles seems to have lost its Jacobite meanings not long after Wade's last published book in 1773," said Prof Zon
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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