Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Liturgy Hymns and sequences

Auctor Beate Saeculi

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AUCTOR BEATE SAECULI. - This is the hymn of Matins for the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, composed in 1763 on the occasion of the first granting of the Mass and Office of the Sacred Heart (S. R. Cong., Registrum an. 1763-65, fol. 244). The love that moved the Word to create the world, to assume human flesh and to redeem humanity from the wretched state into which Adam's sin had reduced it, is exalted in a somewhat convoluted and heavy form but with the greatest exactness of expression.

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BIBL.: G. G. Belli, Inni del Breviario romano tradotti, Rome 1856, pp. 482-83; U. Chevalier, Repertorium hymnologicum, Louvain 1889-97, no. 1430; G. Bassi, Gli inni del Breviario romano, versione ritmica, Rome 1919, p. 108; A. Mirra, Gli inni del Breviario romano, Naples 1947, p. 138.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 388.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Auctor Beate Saeculi.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 388. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/auctor-beate-saeculi.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Auctor Beate Saeculi.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 388. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/auctor-beate-saeculi.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Auctor Beate Saeculi},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {388},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/auctor-beate-saeculi}
}

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