‘Vexilla Regis’ praises the Cross apart from Christ, then prays: ‘O cross, hail, only hope… grant pardon to the guilty’
The Passion hymn Vexilla Regis first praises the Cross as distinct from Christ, then prays to it as ‘only hope’ for justice and pardon.
Latin
XXII. In hymno qui incipit, Vexilla Regis prodeunt, & qui decantari solet Sabbato ante Passionem, & solennibus aliis diebus, ornatur primo Crux variis Elogiis quibus a Christo distinguitur, & vocatur Arbor decora & fulgida, Ornata regis purpura, Electa digno stipite tam sancta membra tangere, Beata cujus brachiis secli pependit pretium. Deinde haec ad eam oratio concipitur, O crux ave spes unica, hoc Passionis tempore, Auge piis justitiam, Reisque dona veniam.
About this text
Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu - Sedan Theological Theses, newly rendered from the 1675 London Latin. Covers De Theologia through Angelorum & Hominum Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII and Pars Secunda (Reformata) I-XL. Not the collected folio.
English follows locked Pitt Latin through Imaginum CLOSED + Sanctorum Cultu Romana CLOSED + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL. 1675 PDF ~384-390 (book ~370-376); Vision OCR + pdftotext + tess. No modern English. This slice densifies Sanctorum Pars Secunda I-XL. Next: Pars Secunda XLI–fin (~CI). Claim stays claimed (book densify not done).
Catalogue & scope
ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves). Densify through Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL (Pars Secunda not closed; not whole folio).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Theologia I-XLIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive PDF of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Checked print pdftotext of De Theologia pages (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive DjVu OCR of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Fide I-XXII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Authoritate Scripturae Pars I I-XLVII + Pars II I-XXXV + Pars III I-VIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Scripturae plenitudine densify (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.