Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

E349477

18th-century hymn Christian hymn Easter hymn English-language hymn

"Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" is a famous 18th-century Christian Easter hymn celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, widely sung in churches across the English-speaking world.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today canonical	1
Christ the Lord is risen today	1
Hymn for Easter Day	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3333833 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
Context triple: [Charles Wesley, notableWork, Christ the Lord Is Risen Today]

A. Christ is Risen
"Christ is Risen" is the widely used English title of the Paschal troparion, a central Easter hymn in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christian liturgies celebrating Jesus Christ’s resurrection.
B. Eastertide
Eastertide is the liturgical season in the Christian calendar celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, spanning the weeks from Easter Sunday until Pentecost.
C. Cherubic Hymn
The Cherubic Hymn is a solemn liturgical chant in the Eastern Orthodox Church that accompanies the Great Entrance, calling worshippers to mystically represent the cherubim as the Eucharistic gifts are brought to the altar.
D. A Sun-Day Hymn
"A Sun-Day Hymn" is a religious poem by American physician and author Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., reflecting his characteristic blend of piety, reflection, and lyrical grace.
E. Nearer, My God
"Nearer, My God" is a reflective spiritual and autobiographical book by conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. that explores his Catholic faith and personal beliefs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
Target entity description: "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" is a famous 18th-century Christian Easter hymn celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, widely sung in churches across the English-speaking world.

A. Christ is Risen
"Christ is Risen" is the widely used English title of the Paschal troparion, a central Easter hymn in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christian liturgies celebrating Jesus Christ’s resurrection.
B. Eastertide
Eastertide is the liturgical season in the Christian calendar celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, spanning the weeks from Easter Sunday until Pentecost.
C. Cherubic Hymn
The Cherubic Hymn is a solemn liturgical chant in the Eastern Orthodox Church that accompanies the Great Entrance, calling worshippers to mystically represent the cherubim as the Eucharistic gifts are brought to the altar.
D. A Sun-Day Hymn
"A Sun-Day Hymn" is a religious poem by American physician and author Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., reflecting his characteristic blend of piety, reflection, and lyrical grace.
E. Nearer, My God
"Nearer, My God" is a reflective spiritual and autobiographical book by conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. that explores his Catholic faith and personal beliefs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century hymn ⓘ Christian hymn ⓘ Easter hymn ⓘ English-language hymn ⓘ
celebratesEvent	resurrection of Jesus ⓘ
hasApproximateOriginPlace	England ⓘ
hasCenturyOfOrigin	18th century ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	traditional Easter processional hymn ⓘ
hasForm	strophic hymn ⓘ
hasGenre	Christian hymnody ⓘ
hasKeyPhrase	Christ the Lord is risen today ⓘ linked to: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today Raise your joys and triumphs high ⓘ Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply ⓘ Sons of men and angels say ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasLiturgicalSeason	Eastertide ⓘ
hasLiturgicalUse	Easter ⓘ Easter Sunday ⓘ linked to: Easter
hasMeter	7.7.7.7 with alleluias ⓘ
hasOriginalTitle	Hymn for Easter Day ⓘ linked to: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
hasRefrain	Alleluia ⓘ
hasReligiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
hasTextAuthor	Charles Wesley ⓘ
hasTheme	resurrection of Jesus ⓘ
hasTheologicalFocus	atonement ⓘ eternal life ⓘ victory over death ⓘ
isAssociatedWith	Easter celebration ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ
isIncludedIn	many English-language hymnals ⓘ
isOftenSungToTune	Easter Hymn ⓘ Llanfair ⓘ linked to: Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
isSungIn	English-speaking world ⓘ churches ⓘ
isUsedByDenomination	Anglican churches ⓘ Baptist churches ⓘ linked to: Baptists Lutheran churches ⓘ Methodist churches ⓘ Presbyterian churches ⓘ linked to: Presbyterian many Protestant churches ⓘ
wasFirstPublishedIn	1739 ⓘ Hymns and Sacred Poems ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Wesley → notableWork → Christ the Lord Is Risen Today ⓘ

Christ the Lord Is Risen Today → hasOriginalTitle → Hymn for Easter Day ⓘ

linked to: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

Christ the Lord Is Risen Today → hasKeyPhrase → Christ the Lord is risen today ⓘ