Quodcumque vinclis

General information

Text is based on Matthew 16:19 or 18:18.

Settings by composers

• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB (adds doxology)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Jan Le Febure — Quodcumque vinclis

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.