Pater a nullo factus (Sampson I)

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• (Posted 2014-04-12)  CPDL #31642:        (Finale 2008)

Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2014-04-12).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 130 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Pater a nullo factus
Composer: Sampson I
Lyricist:: Presumably St. Athanasius, one-time bishop of Alexandria. The text comes from the so-called Athanasian Creed. Some minor differences in Latin wording.

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: TTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet to the Holy Trinity

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1538 in Trium vocum carmina (Hieronymous Formschneider) (Pleni sunt caeli only), no. 98
    2nd published: 1541 in Trium vocum cantiones (Petreius, Nuremberg), no. 31
    3rd published: c.1560 in Selectissimorum triciniorum (Berg & Neuber, Nürnberg), no. 2
Description: The 1538 edition from Nürnberg (Formschneider) misses the partbook for tenor 2. This was supplied from the 1560 edition by Montanus et Neubeurus, also in Nürnberg.

Original text and translations

Latin text Pater a nullo est factus nec creatus nec genitus Filius a Patre solo est non factus nec creatus sed genitus Spiritus a Patre et Filio non factus nec creatus nec genitus sed procedens Unus ergo Pater non tres Patres unus Filius unus Spiritus Sanctus, non tres Spiriti Sancti et in hac Trinitate nihil prius aut posterius nihil magis aut minus sed totae tres Personae coaeternae sibi sunt et coaequales. sicut iam supra dictum est et unitas in Trinitate veneranda sit qui vult ergo salvus esse ita de Trinitate sentiat.

English translation The Father is made of none, neither created nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone; not made nor created, but begotten. The Holy Spirit is of the Father and of the Son; neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding. So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits. And in this Trinity none is afore or after another; none is greater or less than another. But the whole three persons are coeternal, and coequal. So that in all things, as aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped. He therefore that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity.