{"id":129813,"date":"2024-06-10T07:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=129813"},"modified":"2024-06-10T06:43:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T10:43:25","slug":"a-hymn-from-ephrem-of-edessa-on-his-feast-day-from-god-christs-deity-came-forth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=129813","title":{"rendered":"A Hymn from Ephrem of Edessa on his Feast Day–From God Christ’s Deity Came Forth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From there<\/a>:<\/p>\n

From God Christ’s deity came forth,
\nhis manhood from humanity;
\nhis priesthood from Melchizedek,
\nhis royalty from David’s tree:
\npraised be his Oneness.<\/p>\n

He joined with guests at wedding feast,
\nyet in the wilderness did fast;
\nhe taught within the temple’s gates;
\nhis people saw him die at last:
\npraised be his teaching.<\/p>\n

The dissolute he did not scorn,
\nnor turn from those who were in sin;
\nhe for the righteous did rejoice
\nbut bade the fallen to come in:
\npraised be his mercy.<\/p>\n

He did not disregard the sick;
\nto simple ones his word was given;
\nand he descended to the earth
\nand, his work done, went up to heaven:
\npraised be his coming.<\/p>\n

Who then, my Lord, compares to you?
\nThe Watcher slept, the Great was small,
\nthe Pure baptized, the Life who died,
\nthe King abased to honor all:
\npraised be your glory.<\/p>\n

by Ephrem of Edessa, translated by John Howard Rhys, adapted and altered by F Bland Tucker, (Episcopal) Hymnbook 1982.<\/p>

June 9th is the feast of Saint Ephrem of Nisibis, \u201cthe Harp of the Spirit\u201d: Assyrian deacon, Son-of-the-Covenant, theologian, exegete, mystic, poet, hymnographer, heresiographer, opponent of Arianism and Gnosticism, and Doctor of the Church\u2014who died at Edessa on this day in 373. pic.twitter.com\/QtQnnRTepV<\/a><\/p>— Tradical (@NoTrueScotist) June 8, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>