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In Article <3bfocc$2ji@crchh972.bnr.ca> Robert Eagleston 
writes:
>
>I remember hearing this carol in Latin.  I wonder if 
someone
>could post the Latin lyrics?

The full version is given in the Penguin Book of Latin 
Verse, which ascribes it to John Francis Wade (c 1711-86):

  Adeste fideles,
  Laeti triumphantes,
  Venite, venite in Bethlehem,
  Natum videte regem angelorum.
	Venite adoremus,
	Venite adoremus,
	Venite adoremus Dominum.

  Deum de Deo,
  Lumen de lumine
  Gestant puellae viscera,
  Deum verum genitum non factum.
	Venite etc.

  Cantet nunc io
  Chorus angelorum,
  Cantet nunc aula caelestium:
  Gloria in excelsis Deo!
	Venite etc.

  Ergo qui natus
  Die hodierna,
  Jesu tibi sit gloria,
  Patris aeterni verbum caro factum.
	Venite etc.

The literal translation being:

  Come ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, come, come,
  to Bethlehem.
	Come let us adore, come let us adore, come let
	us adore the Lord.

  A maiden's womb bears the God of God, light of light,
  very God, begotten not made.
	Come let us adore,etc.

  Let the choir of angels now sing Io, let the court of
  the heavenly ones sing: Glory to God in the highest!
	Come let us adore,etc

  Therefore glory be to thee, Jesus, who wast born today,
  the eternal Father's word made flesh.
	Come let us adore,etc.

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           Ross Burgess  (Purley, UK)  
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