Translation

What 1 word does Bruckner highlight in Christus Factus Est?

Harry K. Zeiders

22 Feb 2021 — 1 min read

Christus factus est is from Philippians 2.8–9. Listen to Anton Bruckner's 1884 setting (WAB #11) and keep an ear out for which word he most emphasizes and repeats above all others. The piece is in this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4JCzX9CR9nIhjm7A5Vsfzq?si=b1b23b59a22c468f

So that you may follow along as you listen, here's the literal word-for-word translation:

Christus factus est pro nobis obediens
Christ made was for us obedient

usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis.
continuously to death, death moreover (by a) cross.

Propter quod et Deus exaltavit illum
Because (of) that and (therefore) God exalted him

et dedit illi nomen quod est super omne nomen.
and gave him name that is above all names.

Read more

32 Insights about Yahweh from 10 Verses in Psalm 119

32 Insights about Yahweh from 10 Verses in Psalm 119

Law (torah) appears 10 times in the latter portion of Psalm 119 (verses 105 to 176) — here are 32 theological implications about Yahweh from those verses. As I tease out these theological implications, I will employ my preferred translation of torah (tôrâ) as "code of conduct": Psalm 119.

The Big Idea from 30 Psalms

The Big Idea from 30 Psalms

Here are the big ideas from 30 psalms from a preaching series in 2024, as our congregation read through the 150 psalms in 30 Sundays: 3 — When your own flesh & blood want you dead. 9 — I can praise Yahweh even when suffering disrupts the basic alphabet of my life.

Getting What We Deserve

Getting What We Deserve

nostrils pinched as we attempt to console ourselves with the reminder that we are not beatifying or canonizing them . . . God has allowed our virtue or lack thereof to be magnified in two particularly dismal nominees

Jesus-centered Intercessions

These congregational call-and-response supplications are based on Common Worship’s Eastertide prayers of the people. Jesus, our exalted Lord, has been given all authority. Let us seek His intercession that our prayers may be perfected by His prayer. Jesus, great high priest, living for ever to intercede for us: Pray