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Jesus, Redeemer of the World

Jesus, Redeemer of the world, Word of the Father throned on high

Author (st. 5): Anne LeCroy
Published in 3 hymnals


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Author (st. 5): Anne LeCroy

Rev. Anne LeCroy was a professor of English at East Tennessee State University. Following her work as a translator she was a vocational deacon in the diocese of East Tennessee, serving St. Timothy's in Kingsport, and St. John's in Johnson City. Dianne Shapiro, from email sent by Rev. Margaret Zeller, Rector, St. Christopher's, Kingsport Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Jesus, Redeemer of the world, Word of the Father throned on high
Title: Jesus, Redeemer of the World
Author (st. 5): Anne LeCroy
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Source: Latin, 10th cent.
Language: English
Copyright: St. 5 © 1982, Anne LeCroy

Tune

WILDERNESS (Thatcher)

Reginald S. Thatcher (b. Salisbury, England, 1888; d. Cranleigh, Surrey, England, 1957) composed WILDERNESS when he was a musician at the famed Harrow Public School in England. The tune was published in the Clarendon Hymn Book (1936), a hymnal initially prepared for Charterhouse, another well-known…

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JESU, NOSTRA REDEMPTIO


REX GLORIOSE (Andernach)


Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

Common Praise (1998) #28

The Hymnal 1982 #38

The Hymnal 1982 #39

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