CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM

Stanza Arc

The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: Law (human darkness and sin) → Gospel (Christ's redemptive light) → Doxology (Trinitarian glory)

Associated Hymn Texts (6)

• Creator of the Starry Height — Prudentius (Aurelius Prudentius Clemens) (405)
• Creator of the Stars of Night — Unknown (Latin hymn tradition) (600)
• Rise Thou Light of Gentile Nations — Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (1870)
• The Advent of Our God — Charles Coffin (1736)
• Jerusalem Thou City Fair and High — Laurentius Laurenti (1700)
• O God of God, O Light of Light — Prudentius of Spain (405)

Notes on the Tune

From Hymn Desk's analyses of the hymns sung to it.

LSB 351, Creator of the Stars of Night : CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM, the Sarum plainsong (mode IV) proper to the text.