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A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (German: "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott") is one of the best known hymns by the reformer Martin Luther, a prolific hymnodist. Luther wrote the words and composed the melody sometime between 1527 and 1529. It has been translated into English at least seventy times and also into many other languages. The words are a paraphrase of Psalm 46.
History.
"A Mighty Fortress" is one of the best loved hymns
" #261 "C'est un rampart que notre Dieu", and #262 "A Mighty Fortress is Our God." Only a few long-established hymns, those that have been in use since the 19th century, retain the archaic "thou" and "thee" and "hast" of traditional hymnody. The hymnal does not acknowledge or otherwise annotate edits to the original versions.
See also.
- List of English-language hymnals by denomination
External links.
- Hymn Index
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