Lord Christ, the one God Son
Mr. Christian who agree Gotts son is one of the oldest Protestant hymns and belongs to the core of the Reformation chorales ( Protestant hymnal no. 67). The text was written by the nun Elisabeth Cruciger, born von Meseritz (around 1500–1535) , who converted to the Lutheran faith . The melody is likely to go back to a secular model, but it is printed in one of the oldest Protestant hymn books as early as 1524 .
Text in use today
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1. Lord Christ, who
sprouted the unified Son of God, the
Father in eternity,
from his heart , just
as it is written,
he is the morning star,
he stretches his shine
clear in the distance before other stars;
2. A human being born for us
in the last part of time, so
that we would not be lost
before God in eternity,
death broken for us,
heaven opened up,
life brought back:
3. let us in your love
and acknowledge
that we remain in faith,
serve you in the spirit in such a way
that we like here, taste
your sweetness in our hearts
and always thirst for you.
4. You creator of all things,
you fatherly power,
rule from end to end through your
own power.
Turn
our hearts to you and turn away our senses so
that they do not err from you.
5. Kill us by your goodness,
awaken us by your grace.
The old person hurts
that he may live new
and here on this earth have
the meaning and all desires
and thoughts for you.
song
In its first two stanzas, the hymn of praise to Christ , the song contains the history of salvation in the life and work of Jesus Christ for humanity. The last three stanzas want to deepen the salvation for mankind from the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ: in the form of a request there is a desire to understand the salvation of Jesus through persistence and growth in faith and in genuine piety of the heart, the sweetness of the heart . In its basic attitude, the text shows the connection between the Reformation proclamation of the Gospel and an intimate, almost mystical piety of the heart of medieval monastic life and thus reflects the life experience of the young author.
The song found its way into the hymn books of the young Protestant churches amazingly quickly. In addition, it quickly found its place as a prayer for Christian life. It is quoted several times as a prayer by Philipp Nicolai , and his song How beautifully the morning star shines (Evangelical hymn book No. 70) often refers to the song by Elisabeth Cruciger (who also uses the “ morning star ” as the sovereign title for Jesus Christ in verse 1) ) back.
Hymnbook assignment
The condensed summary of God's Incarnation in stanzas 1 and 2 with the same title of the Morning Star makes the song appear in the Evangelical Hymn book as the second of the Epiphany chorales (in the previous hymn book it was even in first place). It is also the weekly song on the last Sunday after Epiphany.
Melody and arrangements
The the song is based on an original ( Mein Freud would like to multiply ) from the 15th century, but has been reworked because of the seven-line stanza form by Elisabeth Cruciger. The song appeared for the first time in 1524 (i.e. in the year of its creation!) In Ein Enchiridion or Handbüchlein with 25 songs and 15 melodies, the second oldest Protestant hymn book, which was published in Erfurt and also many songs by Martin Luther (the wedding pastor of Elisabeth and Caspar Cruciger ).
North and central German baroque church musicians have arranged the song for various ensembles. The most important works are Johann Sebastian Bach 's cantata of the same name and his arrangement for organ in the little organ book ( ).
literature
- Christa Reich : 67 - Mr. Christ, the one God son . In: Gerhard Hahn , Jürgen Henkys (Hrsg.): Liederkunde zum Evangelisches Gesangbuch . No. 2 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-50321-0 , p. 48–54 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Karl Christian Thost: Bibliography on the songs of the Protestant hymn book . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-525-50336-9 .
- Christian Möller (Ed.): I sing you with heart and mouth. Song interpretations - song meditations - song sermons. A workbook for the Evangelical Hymnbook . Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-7668-3525-4 .
