You are God:
we praise you;
You are the Lord:
we acclaim you;
You are the
eternal Father:
all creation
worships you
Te Deum laudamus
The Te Deum is one of two canticles found in the Prayer Book that is not taken directly from the Scriptures. The oldest manuscript we have of the Te Deum is from the 7th century but scholars think it dates form the 4th century, like The Gloria in excelsis, the other one non-scriptural canticle, which was written in the 4th century. According to medieval legend the Te Deum was composed extemporaneously by Ambrose and Augustine for Augustine’s baptism. More prosaically but more probably, it was written by Niceta, Bishop of Remesianan (c. 392-414) All this is according to the incomparable Marion Hatachett.
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