Multilingual, diaspora, and cross-cultural worship — including new arrangements of inherited texts.
Living Global Worship spans the 21st century of twenty-one.
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The twenty-first century is the first in which the whole inheritance is audible at once. A listener can hear a third-century hymn, a Genevan psalm, and a Lagos chorus in the same hour, and congregations on every continent write new songs every week.
CIAN Collective works inside this century: recording new works and re-voicing the older centuries for contemporary ears, with the history of every song documented as it is made. The catalog you are hearing is this era's contribution while it is still being written.
The era has no closing date. Some of its music is here.
The twenty-first-century church made worship into something that is not in line with what happens in the Trinity. CIAN Collective presents worship that reflects the beauty of the Trinity. It is contemplative and very mystical at the same time.
Music is theophany, not entertainment. Perichoresis. The gospel of performance is refused. Belovedness precedes performance. Formation, not consumption.
This band is editorial. It is not a SOURCE leaf and not a CIAN recording. The live page still prints “No recordings published yet.”
Adelphos Alain Lea · view of CIAN Collective · CIAN INTERPRETATION, not a 21st-c. print. SOURCE: none.
21st-c. vernacular ≠ ancient witness. Phos Hilaron 2005 English is not 3rd-c. Greek. Gloria 2010 / 2014 / 2021 is not 2nd-c. Greek and not Vatican II 1963. GOA Trisagion English is not 5th-c. Greek.
Do not invent a Lagos chorus. None loaded. The site sentence is site copy, not a fetched witness.
Soyons Unis country line is internally mixed (Ivory Coast / Togo) on the same 2022 PDF.
Portuguese failed. Do not invent Portuguese.
Filioque is not 4th-c. Greek. Latin-rite English and Spanish Creeds on the USCCB pages contain it; they were not quoted. GOA English Creed does not. Neither is a 325/381 leaf.
CIAN catalog is not this era’s historical primary. The live page: no recordings published yet.
No images this pass. Do not reuse Apostolic Phos Hilaron, Genevan, Azusa, or any other era’s object.
Every extract is still in copyright. Short extract only. No Genius / AZLyrics / CCLI scrape.
Do not write “hear them sing” or “hear a Lagos chorus.” No Taizé / Iona lyrics (not loaded). Hippolytus stays off. Do not print 381 as 325. Tindley, Azusa, Dorsey, Shembe, SC 1963, Siyahamba stay in Modern.
The band is Alain’s CIAN INTERPRETATION, not SOURCE. Adelphos Alain Lea, view of CIAN Collective. Do not treat it as a 21st-c. leaf.
Phos Hilaron, Common Worship 2005
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O gladdening light,
of the holy glory of the immortal Father
heavenly, holy, blessed,
O Jesus Christ.
Now that we have come to the setting of the sun
and see the evening light
we give praise to God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The singers name Jesus Christ as gladdening light of the immortal Father’s holy glory; at sundown they praise Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; the Son of God, giver of life, is worthy of holy voices, and the world glorifies him.
A named 21st-c. official English of an inherited evening hymn — the site blurb’s “new arrangements of inherited texts.” This page is not a 3rd-c. papyrus and must not be captioned as the ancient Phos Hilaron. Apostolic / Patristic files hold the older witnesses.
CIAN INTERPRETATIONStill in copyright (Archbishops’ Council 2005). The canticle only. Not 3rd-c. Greek. The same page continues: “Worthy are you at all times to be worshipped with holy voices, O Son of God and giver of life: therefore all the world glorifies you.” Not dumped beyond this short extract. Image: none. A 3rd-c. object would be the wrong witness.
Kwake Yesu, 21st-c. print of Kenyan traditional Swahili
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Kwake Yesu nasimama, ndiye mwamba ni salama.
ndiye mwamba ni salama, ndiye mwamba ni salama.
Cha kutumaini sina, ila damu yake Yesu
sina wema wa kutosha, Dhambi zangu kuziozha.
The Swahili refrain stands on Jesus, who is the safe rock; stanza 1 has no hope except Jesus’ blood and no goodness enough to wash sins. The 2022 English column stands on Jesus Christ, the solid rock of life.
A named 21st-c. print of a Kenyan Swahili heart-song — the lineage’s Swahili slot — and an inherited-text revoicing of Mote, not a new CCLI original and not the site’s “Lagos chorus.”
CIAN INTERPRETATIONStill in copyright (East Africa Annual Conference / GBGMusik 2007; Scheer 2007). Refrain + stanza 1 only. Not a new original. Not Lagos. WCC Ecumenical Youth Gathering Song Book (2022), p. 18, prints the Ki-Swahili refrain with English “Here on Jesus Christ I will stand / He’s the solid rock of my life” (repeated). Same copyright. Not dumped further. No invented Swahili. Image: none.
ICEL Gloria, 2010
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Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of good will.
We praise you, we bless you, we adore you,
we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory,
Lord God, heavenly King,
O God, almighty Father.
A named 21st-c. conciliar-liturgical English. It is a new official vernacular of an inherited ordinary, not a praise-and-worship original and not the 1963 constitution.
CIAN INTERPRETATIONStill in copyright (ICEL 2010). Opening only. Not Vatican II 1963. Not 2nd-c. Greek. The same page continues through the Lamb of God. Not dumped. The Nicene Creed on that page includes “who proceeds from the Father and the Son” — 21st-c. Latin-rite English, not quoted, and not 4th-c. Greek. Image: none.
Misal Romano Gloria, 2014
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Gloria a Dios en el cielo,
y en la tierra paz a los hombres que ama el Señor.
Por tu inmensa gloria te alabamos, te bendecimos,
te adoramos, te glorificamos, te damos gracias,
Señor Dios, Rey celestial,
Dios Padre todopoderoso.
Glory to God in heaven, and on earth peace to the people the Lord loves; for his immense glory the assembly praises, blesses, adores, glorifies, and thanks the heavenly King, almighty Father.
CIAN INTERPRETATIONStill in copyright (USCCB–CEM 2014). Opening only. Not a new Spanish composition. The same page continues through the Cordero de Dios. Not dumped. The Spanish Creed on that page has “que procede del Padre y del Hijo” — not quoted as 4th-c. Greek. Image: none.
GOA Trisagion English
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Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3)
Let us, who mystically represent the Cherubim and who sing the thrice-holy hymn to the life-creating Trinity, now lay aside every worldly care. So that we may receive the King of all.
Trisagion Hymn / Cherubic Hymn · Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Digital Chant Stand English · Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom · Hieratikon
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The assembly addresses God as Holy, Mighty, Immortal, and asks mercy. The Cherubic Hymn says those who mystically represent the Cherubim and sing the thrice-holy hymn to the life-creating Trinity now lay aside worldly care to receive the King of all.
Trisagion Hymn / Cherubic Hymn · Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Digital Chant Stand English · Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom · Hieratikon
CIAN INTERPRETATION
A named 21st-c. Orthodox English print — the preferred Eastern row. It is a living official English of inherited Byzantine texts, not a new chorus and not a 4th-c. Greek leaf.
Trisagion Hymn / Cherubic Hymn · Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Digital Chant Stand English · Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom · Hieratikon
MODEL INFERENCE
“2016 official translation” as the GOA English’s print year is named on third-party liturgical pages this pass, not as a colophon on the fetched DCS HTML. Treated as C until a 2016 title is opened.
Trisagion Hymn / Cherubic Hymn · Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Digital Chant Stand English · Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom · Hieratikon
CIAN INTERPRETATIONStill in copyright as GOA / Holy Cross official English. Two short blocks. Not a 5th-c. Greek leaf. Greek running text was not on the fetched English page. The GOA Creed on the same page reads “Who proceeds from the Father” (no Filioque) and is not quoted as a 325/381 leaf. Image: none.
French Missel Gloria, 2021
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Gloire à Dieu, au plus haut des cieux,
Et paix sur la terre aux hommes, qu’il aime.
Nous te louons, nous te bénissons, nous t’adorons,
Nous te glorifions, nous te rendons grâce, pour ton immense gloire,
Seigneur Dieu, Roi du ciel, Dieu le Père tout-puissant.
Gloire à Dieu · nouvelle traduction française du Missel romain · Conférence des évêques de France · in force 28 Nov. 2021
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Glory to God in the highest heavens, and peace on earth to the people he loves; the assembly praises, blesses, adores, glorifies, and gives thanks for his immense glory to the Lord God, King of heaven, almighty Father.
Gloire à Dieu · nouvelle traduction française du Missel romain · Conférence des évêques de France · in force 28 Nov. 2021
CIAN INTERPRETATION
The lineage’s French slot as a named 21st-c. official edition. It is a new official vernacular, not a Taizé ostinato and not a commercial worship single.
Gloire à Dieu · nouvelle traduction française du Missel romain · Conférence des évêques de France · in force 28 Nov. 2021
MODEL INFERENCE
none as to the wording on the CEF page.
Gloire à Dieu · nouvelle traduction française du Missel romain · Conférence des évêques de France · in force 28 Nov. 2021
CIAN INTERPRETATIONStill in copyright (AELF / episcopal conferences). Opening only. Not the 1970 French. Not 2nd-c. Greek. The same page continues through “Toi qui enlèves les péchés du monde” and the Amen. Not dumped. Image: none.
WCC, Christ’s Love Moves the World
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Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.
In Christ’s love, there is no fear.
The Spirit helps us to be bold and free!
L’amour du Christ mène le monde à la réconciliation et à l’unité.
Cristo nos impulsa en amor a la reconciliación y a la unidad.
Christ’s love moves the world toward reconciliation and unity; in that love there is no fear; the Spirit helps the singers to be bold and free. The French and Spanish columns say the same movement.
CIAN INTERPRETATIONStill in copyright. Stanza 1 in three of the printed languages. Not a CIAN catalog track. Stanzas 2–3 (dignity / grace; care for creation) are on the same pages. Not dumped. Image: none.
Soyons Unis
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Unissons-nous; réconcilions-nous, comme le Christ nous a aimé.
Tenons-nous la main comme des frères en Christ.
c’est lui qui n’a point connu le péché, mais il l’a fait devenir péché pour nous afin que nous devenions en lui justice de Dieu.
The singers are to unite and be reconciled as Christ loved them, and to hold hands as brothers in Christ. He who did not know sin was made sin for them so that in him they might become the justice of God.
A named 21st-c. African French chorus from a named 2022 book — the preferred African-chorus row, and a second French witness beside the 2021 Missel. It is not a Lagos chorus and not Siyahamba.
CIAN INTERPRETATIONStill in copyright. Refrain + one verse sentence. Not a Lagos chorus. Not Siyahamba. Later lines on the same pages: “pour l’amour du Christ”; “c’est lui qui s’est fait condamner pour nous, pour nous racheter à la vie.” Not dumped. Image: none.
Named gaps. Not copy.
A named Portuguese 21st-c. official edition with running text (CNBB announces the Brazilian missal; does not print the Glória)
A named Lagos / Nigerian 21st-c. edition (none loaded; not invented)
Taizé 21st-c. chant from a named official lyric page (titles only; lyric blocks did not load)
Iona / Wild Goose 21st-c. named print with extractable text (titles only)
A 21st-c. named arrangement of a Genevan psalm with a newly authored 21st-c. text
Greek running text of the GOA Trisagion on a named 21st-c. print
CIAN Collective named published track (live page: no recordings published yet)
Hillsong / Bethel / CCLI commercial originals (not opened; not this eight)
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Contemporary Global Worship
Twenty-first-century diaspora and multilingual worship · Global
The living worship of the twenty-first-century Church — cross-cultural, multilingual, and increasingly collaborative across nations.
