Virtute magna

General information

Responsory, typically assigned to Easter Wednesday. Source of text is Acts 4:33a and 4:31b.

Settings by composers

• Giovanni Croce SATB or ATTB
• Nicolao Dorati SSATTB
• Costanzo Porta AATB (second part)
• Ascanio Trombetti SAATTB
• Francisco Valls AT.SATB.SATB & 4 instruments

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Matthieu Lasson — Virtute magna reddebant Apostoli
• Tiburtio Massaino — Virtute magna

Text and translations

Latin text 4:33a  Virtute magna reddebant apostoli testimonium resurrectionis Iesu Christi, Domini nostri. Alleluia. 4:31b  Repleti sunt quidem Spiritu Sancto loquebantur cum fiducia verbum Dei testimonium resurrectionis Iesu Christi Domini nostri. Alleluia.

English translation 4:33a  With great power, the apostles bore witness to the resurrection of Jesus Christ,our Lord. Alleluia. 4:31a  They were indeed filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness, bearing witness to the resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Alleluia.