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Nicetas of Remesiana

?–414

Patristic / Western voice, d. ~414

The life

Nicetas of Remesiana (d. ~414). Patristic / Western voice from the church's historical commentary tradition, present in MannaFest's quote pool with source citations. Full profile pending.

In their own words

  • “Moses again, when about to depart from this life, sang a fear-inspiring canticle in Deuteronomy. He left the song as a sort of testament to the people of Israel, to teach them the kind of funeral they should expect, if ever they abandoned God.”

    LITURGICAL SINGING 3 · on the verse

  • “Praise issuing from a pure conscience delights the Lord, and so the same psalmist exhorts us, "Praise ye the Lord because a psalm is good; to our God be joyful and comely praise." With this in mind, aware of how pleasing to God is this …”

    LITURGICAL SINGING 8 · on the verse

  • “We must sing with our intelligences; not only with the spirit (in the sense of sound of our voice) but also with our mind. We must think about what we are singing, lest we lose by distracting talk and extraneous thoughts the fruit of our …”

    LITURGICAL SINGING 13 · on the verse