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Te aeternum patrem omnis terra veneratur,

Tibi omnes angeli, tibi caeli et universae potestates,

Tibi Cherubim et Seraphim incessabili voce proclamant:

Sanctus sanctus sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth;

Pieni sunt caeli et terra maiestatis gloriae tuae;

Te gloriosus apostolorum chorus,

Te prophetarum laudabilis numerus,

Te martyrum candidatus exercitus,

Te per orbem sancta confitetur ecclesia …

The various forms of this ‘convergent adoration’ survived in the Middle Ages;17 it has an invocational rather than a eulogistic character. True, similar forms exist in classical eulogies such as HoraceHoraz’s ode to AugustusAugustus18 in which the conquered peoples are mentioned as adoring the emperor (compositis venerantur armis). It is, however, an enumeration of certain peoples, with others excluded, and it probably has its origins in the mention of sanctuaries and residences of the divinity concerned; this kind of enumeration is widespread in classical eulogies,19 but its function is clearly distinct from the convergent universal adoration of the subsequent Christian examples.