Adeste Fideles

by Anonymous

English-language translations of Adeste Fideles include:

The earliest known manuscript of "Adeste Fideles", 1740

• "Draw Near, Ye Faithful Christians", anonymous translation, 1760
• "Come, Faithful All, Rejoice and Sing", anonymous translation, 1789
• "Hither, Ye Faithful, Haste With Songs of Triumph", anonymous translation, 1804
• "Hither, ye faithful, haste with songs of triumph"
• "Ye Faithful, Come, Triumphant Come", anonymous translation, 1805
• "Believers Assemble, Come With Songs To Bethlem", anonymous translation, 1807
• "Raise We Our Voices to the Lord of Glory", anonymous translation, 1808
• "Exulting, Triumphing, Come From Every Nation", anonymous translation, c. 1820
• "Ye Faithful, Triumphant Enter Into Bethlehem", anonymous translation, 1820
• "Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful, Joyful Triumph Raising" by Basil Woodd, 1821
• "Oh! Come Ye Faithful, And Your Homage Bring" by John Chandler, 1821
• "With Hearts Truly Grateful", anonymous translation, 1830
• "O Come All Ye Faithful, Raise the Hymn of Glory" by Frederick Charles Husenbeth, 1840
• "Ye Faithful, Approach Ye" by Frederick Oakeley, 1841
• "Ye Faithful Souls, Approach and Sing" by J. Meade, 1841
• "Approach, All Ye Faithful" by "C.", 1845
• "Approach, Ye Faithful, Come With Exultation" by Jane Eliza Leeson, 1848
• "Approach, Ye Faithful, And With Glad Accord" by Jane Eliza Leeson, 1848
• "Hasten, Ye Faithful, Glad, Joyful, and Holy" by J. R. Beste, 1849
• "Oh, Come! All Ye Faithful!" by Edward Caswall, 1849
  • "Come Hither, Ye Faithful", anonymous adaptation, 1870
• "Oh Come, All Ye Faithful" by Robert Campbell, 1850
• "O Come, All Ye Faithful" by Gilbert Rorison, 1851
• "O Come, All Ye Faithful" by James Aitken Johnston, 1852
• "O Come All Ye Faithful" by Frederick Oakeley, 1852. By far the most popular translation.
  • "O Come, All Ye Faithful", adaptation by William Mercer, 1854
  • "O Come, All Ye Faithful", adaptation by Robert Prescott Stewart, 1889
• "Ye Faithful, Approach Ye" by William John Blew, 1852
• "Come, All Ye Faithful, Joyfully Triumphant", anonymous translation, 1853
• "O Christian People Come" by Isaac Gregory Smith, 1856
• "Be Present, Ye Faithful" by John Mason Neale, 1858
  • "Be Present, Ye Faithful", adaptation by Richard Robert Chope, 1854
  • "Draw Nigh, All Ye Faithful", adaptation by John Keble, 1857
• "Assemble, Ye Faithful" by Thomas Darling, 1861
• "O hie, ye believers, raise the song of triumph" by Francis Trappes, 1865
• "Draw Near, All Ye Faithful" by Robert Corbet Singleton, 1871
• "O Come All Ye Faithful" by John Ellerton, 1871
• "Hither, Ye Faithful, Adoring, Triumphant" by Thomas Osgood Summers, 1874
• "In Triumph, Joy, and Holy Fear" by J. C. Earle, 1881
• "Come, O Faithful, With Sweet Voices" by Charles Kent, 1884
• "O Come, All Ye Faithful", anonymous translation, 1884
• "Ye Faithful, Come Rejoice and Sing", anonymous translation, 1890
• "O Come, All Ye Faithful" by J. O'Connor, 1905
• "O Come, All Ye Faithful", anonymous translation, 1907
• "Come, All Ye Faithful, Join The March Triumphant", anonymous translation, 1913
• "Ye Faithful, With Gladness" by Hugh Thomas Henry, c. 1920

As a hymn tune

Versions of the hymn tune for Adeste Fideles include:

• "Adeste fideles" in The University Hymn Book, 1912
• "How Firm a Foundation" in The Army and Navy Hymnal, 1920
• "O Come, All Ye Faithful" in The Army and Navy Hymnal, 1920

See also

• "Adeste Fideles," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
• "Adeste fideles laeti triumphantes," in A Dictionary of Hymnology, (ed.) by John Julian (1892)