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| − | O felix culpa | + | * '''O felix culpa:''' (''Latin'') “O happy fault” → an allusion to the Latin chant which accompanies the lighting of the Paschal candle during the Catholic service of Holy Saturday; it begins with the line, ''Exsultet iam Angelica turba caelorum'' ("Now let the Angelic host of Heaven rejoice") and includes the lines, ''O certe necessarium Adae peccatum, quod Christi morte deletum est! O felix culpa, quae talem ac tantum meruit habere Redemptorem!'' ("O truly necessary sin of Adam, which the death of Christ has blotted out! O happy fault, which merited such and so great a redeemer") → Adam and Eve's disobedience (the "happy fault") is contrasted with the obedience of the citizens of Dublin enjoined in the city's motto, which is alluded to in the preceding lines → St Augustine is often cited as the author of the ''Exsultet'', probably because of a passage in ''The City of God'' (''De Civitate Dei'', Book 15, Chapter 23) in which he refers to his own verses in praise of the paschal candle |
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exultet Wikipedia] | ||
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| + | * '''Phoenix Park:''' Dublin's great municpal park, which is associated with [[HCE|HCE's]] crime | ||
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| + | * '''phoenix:''' the dying and resurrecting bird of Egyptian mythology | ||
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Revision as of 09:34, 16 September 2007
- O felix culpa: (Latin) “O happy fault” → an allusion to the Latin chant which accompanies the lighting of the Paschal candle during the Catholic service of Holy Saturday; it begins with the line, Exsultet iam Angelica turba caelorum ("Now let the Angelic host of Heaven rejoice") and includes the lines, O certe necessarium Adae peccatum, quod Christi morte deletum est! O felix culpa, quae talem ac tantum meruit habere Redemptorem! ("O truly necessary sin of Adam, which the death of Christ has blotted out! O happy fault, which merited such and so great a redeemer") → Adam and Eve's disobedience (the "happy fault") is contrasted with the obedience of the citizens of Dublin enjoined in the city's motto, which is alluded to in the preceding lines → St Augustine is often cited as the author of the Exsultet, probably because of a passage in The City of God (De Civitate Dei, Book 15, Chapter 23) in which he refers to his own verses in praise of the paschal candle
- Phoenix Park: Dublin's great municpal park, which is associated with HCE's crime
- phoenix: the dying and resurrecting bird of Egyptian mythology
