Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Liturgy Hymns and sequences

Lucis Creator Optime

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LUCIS CREATOR OPTIME. - Hymn of Vespers in the Office of Sunday, composed by St. Ambrose.

It opens the series of hymns that sing during the week the wonders of creation. As the darkness of night advances, full of horrors and dangers, the Christian soul turns to God, author of light on the first day of creation, and asks him to free it from sin, which alone can bring back into the world the darkness of the spirit.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 1634.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Lucis Creator Optime.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1634. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/lucis-creator-optime.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Lucis Creator Optime.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1634. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/lucis-creator-optime.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Lucis Creator Optime},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1634},
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  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/lucis-creator-optime}
}

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