Immense Caeli Conditor

O Great Creator of the Sky

Immense Caeli Conditor is attributed to St. Gregory the Great (540-604).  In 1632, in accordance with revisions made to the hymns of the Divine Office by Pope Urban VIII (1568-1644), it was altered and changed to Immense Cæli Conditor (1632). Both versions are shown below. It is sung at Monday Vespers in the Roman Breviary.


Contemporary ensemble performance by Sator

IMMENSE CAELI CONDITOR by St. Gregory the Great
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1. Immense cæli conditor,
Qui, mixta ne confunderent,
Aquæ fluenta dividens
Cæli dedisti limitem,

2. Firmans locum cælestibus
Simulque terræ rivulis,
Ut unda flammas temperet,
Terræ solum ne dissipet,

3. Infunde nunc, piissime,
Donum perennis gratiæ,
Fraudis novæ ne casibus
Nos error atterat vetus. 

4. Lucem fides inveniat,
Sic luminis iubar ferat,
Hæc vana cuncta terreat,
Hanc falsa nulla comprimant.

5. Præsta, Pater piisime,
Patrique compar Unice,
Cum Spiritu Paraclito
Regnans per omne sæculum. Amen


IMMENSE CAELI CONDITOR (1632 Revision)

1. Immense cæli conditor,
Qui, mixta ne confunderent,
Aquæ fluenta dividens
Cæli dedisti limitem,

2. Firmans locum cælestibus
Simulque terræ rivulis,
Ut unda flammas temperet,
Terræ solum ne dissipent,

3. Infunde nunc, piissime,
Donum perennis gratiæ,
Fraudis novæ ne casibus
Nos error atterat vetus.

4. Lucem fides adaugeat,
Sic luminis iubar ferat,
Hæc vana cuncta proterat,
Hanc falsa nulla comprimant.

5. Præsta, Pater piisime,
Patrique compar Unice,
Cum Spiritu Paraclito
Regnans per omne sæculum. Amen