""" (True God, we believe You) is a Catholic hymn.

Christoph Bernhard Verspoell Christoph Bernhard Verspoell (15 May 1743 – 5 January 1818) was a German Catholic priest, writer and hymnwriter. He published a hymnal with added melodies and organ settings in 1810. Some of his songs are still popular and part of the Catholic ...

(1743–1818), a cleric from

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, wrote text and melody, and published it in 1810 in his hymnal ''Orgelbegleitung zu den Gesängen beym Römisch-kathol. Gottesdienste. Herausgegeben von C. B. Verspoell'' (Organ accompaniment to the chants in the Roman Catholic service. Edited by C. B. Verspoell). The song in two stanzas has remained in the repertory of church hymns, used mainly during

Eastertide Eastertide (also known as Eastertime or the Easter season) or Paschaltide (also known as Paschaltime or the Paschal season) is a festal season in the liturgical year of Christianity that focuses on celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. ...

, but also for communion and funerals. It appears in several regional sections of the Catholic hymnal ''

Gotteslob ''Gotteslob'' ("Praise of God") is the title of the hymnbook authorized by the Catholic dioceses in Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, Luxembourg and Liège, Belgium. First published in Advent 2013, it is the current official hymnal for German-speaki ...

'', as GL 770 in Cologne, as GL 780 in Limburg and Münster, and as GL 783 in Speyer, among others.

Text

Wahrer Gott, wir glauben dir, du bist mit Gottheit und Menschheit hier; du, der den Satan und Tod überwand, der im Triumph aus dem Grabe erstand. Preis dir, du Sieger auf Golgatha, Sieger, wie keiner, alleluja. Jesu, dir jauchzt alles zu: Herr über Leben und Tod bist du. In deinem Blute gereinigt von Schuld, freun wir uns wieder der göttlichen Huld. Gib, dass wir stets deine Wege geh'n, glorreich wie du aus dem Grabe ersteh'n! The topic of the hymn is the

resurrection of Jesus The resurrection of Jesus ( grc-x-biblical, ἀνάστασις τοῦ Ἰησοῦ) is the Christian belief that God raised Jesus on the third day after his crucifixion, starting – or restoring – his exalted life as Christ and Lo ...

, who is acclaimed as Lord of Life and Death who cleaned from debt. The second line, "du bist mit Gottheit und Menschheit hier" (You are here as God and Man), alludes to the presence of Jesus in the eucharist, which makes the song suitable for eucharistic adoration, such as

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Tune

\addlyrics Source: Christoph Bernhard Verspoell, Münster 1810

Literature

* ''Gesänge beim römischkatholischen Gottesdienste, nebst angehängtem Gebethbuche'', ed. C. B. Verspoell, Aschendorff,

1829
p. 55p. 56

References

External links

Wahrer Gott, wir glauben dir
hymnary.org
Editing Wahrer Gott, wir glauben dir
Dr. J. Butz
Wahrer Gott, wir glauben dir
dohr.de
Franz, Ansgar (Author) / Wahrer Gott, wir glauben dir
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