Sponsa Christi quae per orbem

Sponsa Christi quae per orbem. Jean-Baptiste de Contes (1601-1679). From the Paris Missal of 1665. A later edition of 1739 identified de Contes (Dean of Paris from 1647 until his death, 4 July 1679) as the author. It was described in JJ as ‘one of the finest of the more recent French Sequences’ (p. 1080). The most notable translation into English is that of John Ellerton*, beginning ‘Bride of Christ, whose glorious warfare’. It appeared in Church Hymns (1871) with the first line as ‘Church of Christ…’). It was amended by Ellerton himself, and as ‘Bride of Christ…’ it was included in the Supplement (1889) to the Second Edition of A&M. It was retained in A&M (1904) and A&MS, and...