Quodcumque vinclis

General information

Office Hymn for St. Peter's Chair (22 February/18 January). Text is based on Matthew 16:19 or 18:18.

• 1934 Solesmes Antiphonale at Gregobase

Notes on selected settings

• Quodcumque vinclis (Jan Le Febure SATB 2nd verse doxology
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATB verse 1
• Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB verse 2 doxology

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Jan Le Febure — Quodcumque vinclis  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Quodcumque vinclis  Latin SATB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Quodcumque vinclis  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Quodcumque vinclis super terram strinxeris, erit in astris religatum fortiter, ed quod resolvis in terris arbitrio, erit solutum super coeli radium: in fine mundi judex eris saeculi. Gloria Deo, per immensa saecula, sit tibi Nate decus et imperium. Honor potestas Sanctoque Spiritui sit Trinitati salus individua per infinita saeculorum saecula.

English translation Whatever you bind on earth, will be strongly bound in heaven; And whatever you loose on earth Will be loosed in heaven. You will be there at the end of the world to judge the world. Glory be to God, throughout the ages, Glory be to thee, O Son, and dominion. Honour the power of the Holy Spirit Trinity undivided, world without end.