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<\/a>Upper part of title page of Wade hymnal <\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Lower part of title page containing the Latin code. (Click picture to enlarge the image.)<\/p><\/div>\n
Some would claim that “Adeste Fidelis” contains a hidden Jacobite message, that “the faithful” represents the Jacobites, Bethlehem represents London, and that “Regis Angelorum” (“King of Angels”) is a pun for “Regis Anglia” (“King of England”) – the latin for Angels and England is very similar.<\/p>\n
At the bottom of the title page, there is an interesting Latin puzzle, you have to read it by zig-zagging up and down from the first line to the second to get the first phrase, and from the third line to the second to get the second phrase.<\/p>\n
It comes out like this: “Quos anguis tristi dirocum vulnere stravit.\u00a0 Hos Sanguis Christi miro tum munere lavit.”, translated “Those who suffer with a sad dread wound are with the blood of Christ washed afterword.”\u00a0 Apparently, Christ represents “Bonnie Prince Charlie<\/a>“, the Stewart prince they wanted on the throne of England.<\/p>\n Anyway, if it’s on TV next holiday season, try to catch the show: I recently saw an interesting BBC show called “The Truth about Christmas Carols”.\u00a0 You might wonder why I’m including it in my Hebrew blog, and that’s a fair question.\u00a0 I love ancient languages besides Hebrew, including Greek, Latin, Sumerian, etc…\u00a0 … Continue reading
\nhttp:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b00gbgt3<\/a> You can also hear some of the Christmas carols that are sung in pubs that didn’t quite make it into church and how “Shepherds breeding their sheep by night” got cleaned up a little by the Puritans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"