The hymn “Adeste Fideles,” whose music and lyrics first appeared in manuscript form in 1751, is essentially a call to worship for Christians. The English translation is “O, come, all ye faithful,” ...
The Latin version of this carol, ‘Adeste Fideles’, waswritten by John Francis Wade (1711-86), who fledEngland after the 1745 Jacobite rebellion to teachmusic in the school for British Roman Catholic ...