O Rex Gentium

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O Rex Gentium is one of the traditional "O Antiphons" sung in Western Christian liturgy during Advent, invoking Christ as the King of the Nations and cornerstone of unity.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
O Rex Gentium canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Advent antiphon ⓘ
Christian liturgical chant ⓘ
O Antiphon ⓘ
addressedTo Christ ⓘ
addressesChristAs cornerstone that makes both one ⓘ
judge of all ⓘ
associatedWithSeason Christmas ⓘ
belongsToCycle Great O Antiphons ⓘ
linked to: O Antiphons
chronologicalOrderInCycle sixth O Antiphon ⓘ
derivedFrom biblical royal and messianic imagery ⓘ
hasChristologicalTitle Cornerstone ⓘ
Desire of the everlasting hills ⓘ
King of the Nations ⓘ
hasDevotionalUse private Advent prayer ⓘ
hasForm short lyrical text ⓘ
hasLanguage Latin ⓘ
hasSubject Christ’s reign over all nations ⓘ
linked to: Kingship of Jesus

reconciliation of divided peoples ⓘ
inspired hymn texts based on the O Antiphons ⓘ
invocationType prayer for unity of nations ⓘ
invokes Jesus Christ ⓘ
invokesAs King of the Nations ⓘ
cornerstone of unity ⓘ
liturgicalFunction Magnificat antiphon at Vespers ⓘ
liturgicalOccasion Evening Prayer in late Advent ⓘ
liturgicalRank proper antiphon for December 22 Vespers ⓘ
musicalTradition plainchant ⓘ
partOf O Antiphons ⓘ
performedAs antiphon before and after the Magnificat ⓘ
relatedTo Advent expectation of Christ’s coming ⓘ
requests coming to save humankind ⓘ
salvation of all people ⓘ
sungAs Gregorian chant ⓘ
theme Christ as universal king ⓘ
linked to: Kingship of Jesus

messianic hope ⓘ
unity of peoples ⓘ
titleRefersTo Rex Gentium ⓘ
titleTranslation O King of the Nations ⓘ
tradition Anglican Communion ⓘ
Lutheran Church ⓘ
linked to: Lutheranism

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
usedBy monastic communities ⓘ
parish congregations ⓘ
usedDuring Advent ⓘ
usedIn Western Christian liturgy ⓘ
usedOn December 22 ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

O Antiphons → hasPart → O Rex Gentium ⓘ
O Radix Jesse → relatedTo → O Rex Gentium ⓘ