The Reformed Church Review, Vol. 5: January, 1901 (Classic Reprint)
(Excerpt from The Reformed Church Review, Vol. 5: January,...)
Excerpt from The Reformed Church Review, Vol. 5: January, 1901
Amongst the famous hymns that have come down to us from the Middle Ages the highest place has been awarded to the Dies irae of Thomas de Celano, a Franciscan monk of Italy, who died about the year 1255. A host of eminent divines and laymen in Germany, England and America, Protestants as well as Roman Catholics, have with one accord chanted its praises during the last half century, and the interest awakened has given rise to a multitude of versions in these countries. Their number in the German language is said to be at least 100, and in the English, over 235. Of the latter, Dr. Schaff, in his Literature and Poetry, names 150, and indicates, by asterisks prefixed, 12 of them, which he considers the best. To the list he adds the fol lowing critical estimate: One good translation is worth a hun dred poor ones and will outlive them. Many were still-born or not born at all. But the ever-increasing number is a proof of the popularity and untranslatableness of the Dies irae,' the greatest religious lyric of all ages.
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