Te Deum

laudamus
The clerestory windows, other
features and choir of

Great St Mary’s, Cambridge, UK

The University Church
Photos by Nigel Luckhurst
 Te
Deum
Laudamus:

We praise
Thee
O God:
(Abraham, Jacob, Moses)
 Te
Dominum
Confitemur.

We
acknowledge
Thee
to be the Lord.
Omnis terra
veneratur

All the earth

doth worship
thee
(Elijah, Elisha,Amos)
 Te
aeternum
Patrem.

The Father
everlasting.

(Samuel, David, Solomon)

 Tibi
omnes
Angeli;

To thee
all angels cry
aloud;
(Joel, Isaiah, Jeremiah)
 tibi caeli
et universae
potestates;
the heavens
and all the
powers
therein;
(Jonah, Ezekiel, Daniel)
 Tibi
Cherubim et
Seraphim

To thee
Cherubim and
Seraphim
(Haggai, Malachi, Jesus - son of Sirach)
 incessabile
voce
proclamant:

continually do
cry:

(Zacharias, Simeon, St John the

 Sanctus,
Sanctus,
Sanctus:

Holy, Holy,
Holy:
(St Matthias, St Simon, St Jude)
Dominus Deus
Sabaoth.

Lord God of
Sabaoth.

(St Matthew, St Thomas, St James)

 Pleni sunt
coeli et terra

Heaven and
earth are full

(St Peter, St Andrew, St James)

 Majestatis
gloriae
tuae.

of the majesty
of thy glory.

(St John, St Philip, St Bartholomew)

Te gloriosus

The glorious
company …

(St Stephen, St Paul,

St Barnabas)
Apostolarum
chorus,

… of the
Apostles
praise thee,
 Te
Prophetarum

The goodly
fellowship of
the Prophets
 laudabilis
numerum,

praise thee,

(St Blandina, St Perpetua, St Cecilia)

Te Martyrum
candidatus

The noble
army of
martyrs
 laudat
exercitus.

praise thee.

(St Margaret, St Catherine,

St Agnes)
 Sancta
confitetur
Ecclesia

The holy
Church doth
acknowledge
thee
(St Edward, St Edmund, St Alphege)
te per orbem
terrarum,

throughout all
the world,

(St Vincent, St Lambert,

St Boniface)
 Patrem
immensae
Maiestatis:

The Father
of
an infinite
Majesty:
Venerandum
tuum
verum

Thine
honourable,
true
 et
Unicum
Filium;

and
only
Son;
 Sanctum
quoque
Paraclitum
Spiritum

also the Holy

Ghost, the
Comforter
Tu Rex gloriae
Christe

Thou art the

King of glory:
O Christ.
 Tu Patris
sempiternus
es Filius

Thou art the

everlasting
Son: of the
Father
 Tu ad
liberandum
suscepturus
hominem,
When thou
tookest upon
thee to deliver
man,
 non
horruisti
Virginis
uterum

thou didst not

abhor the
Virgin’s womb
 Tu, devicto
mortis aculeo,

When thou
hadst
overcome the
sharpness of
death:
 aperuisti
credentibus
regna
coelorum.

thou didst
open the
Kingdom of
Heaven to all
believers.
 Tu ad
dexteram Dei
sedes,

Thou sittest at
the right hand
of God,
in gloria
Patris.

in the glory
of
the Father.
Iudex credere
esse venturus.

We believe
that thou
shalt come to
be our judge.
 Te ergo
quauesumus,
tuis famulis
subveni:

We therefore
pray thee, help
thy servants:
quos pretioso
sanguine
redemisti.

whom thou
hast redeemed
with thy
precious blood.
Aeterna fac
cum sanctis
tuis

Make them to
be numbered
with thy
saints
 in gloria
numerari.

in glory
everlasting.
Salvum fac
populum
tuum,
Domine,

O Lord, save
thy people:
 et benedic
hereditati
tuae.

and bless thine

heritage.
 et rege eos,
et extolle
illos usque
in aeternum.

govern them
and lift them
up forever.
Per singulos
dies
benedicimus
te;

Day by day: we
magnify thee;
Et laudamus
Nomen
tuum in
saeculum,

And we
worship thy
Name:
et in saeculum
saeculi.

ever world
without end.
Dignare,
Domini,

Vouchsafe,
O Lord:
die isto sine
peccato nos
custodire.

to keep us
this day
without sin.
 Miserere
nostri
Domine,
miserere
nostri

O Lord have
mercy upon
us: have mercy
upon us
 Fiat
misericordia
tua, Domine,
super nos

O Lord, let thy

mercy lighten
upon us:
 quem-
admodum
speravimus
in te.

as our trust is
in thee.
 In te,
Domine,
speravi:

In thee, O Lord,
have I trusted:
 non
confundar in
aeternam.

let me
never be
confounded.
The last image in this presentation is of the new doors and
porch which will improve the accessibility to this iconic medieval
church. They are the first stage of a programme to make Great
St Mary’s better equipped to meet its mission in the twenty-first
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