Expurgate vetus

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The Epistle (1 Corinthians 5:7-8) for Easter Sunday, frequently set as a motet.

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Latin.png Latin text

5:7  Expurgate vetus fermentum, ut sitis nova conspersio, sicut estis azymi. Etenim Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus.
5:8  Itaque epulemur: non in fermento veteri, neque in fermento malitiae et nequitiae: sed in azymis sinceritatis et veritatis.

English.png English translation

5:7  Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us.
5:8  Therefore let us keep the feast: not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness: but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.