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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Jam Moesta Quiesce Querela
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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is the beginning of the grand burial-hymn of Prudentius (q.v.). This hymn, which, as Trench says, is "the crowning glory of the poetry of Prudentius," brings before us the ancient worship in deserts and in catacombs, and of which Herder says that no one can read it without feeling his heart moved by its touching tones. The first stanza runs thus in the original:
"Jam moesta quiesce querela,
Laerimas suspendite, matres,
Nullus suma pignora plangat,
Mors haec reparatio vitae est."
And in Caswall's translation:
"Cease, ye tearful mourners,
Thus your hearts to rend,
Death is life's beginning,
Rather than its end."
A German translation is also found in Schaff's Deutsches Gesangbuch, No. 468. (B.P.)
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Jam Moesta Quiesce Querela'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​j/jam-moesta-quiesce-querela.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Jam Moesta Quiesce Querela'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​j/jam-moesta-quiesce-querela.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.