Holy, Holy, Holy, Really?

The official Mass of the Roman Catholic Church is written and published in Latin. The conclusion of the Preface in every Mass reads in the official Latin:

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt cæli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.

All vernacular translations of the Sanctus and of everything else in the Mass are made—well or poorly, accurately or inaccurately—from this official Latin text. All the Prefaces in the Mass and in the Eucharistic celebration of most Churches include the acclamation “Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus etc.” as noted above, in either the official Latin or in the Church’s authorized vernacular translation. The present official English translation in the Catholic Church and most other Churches is:

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Author: Emmanuel Charles McCarthy

Keywords: Holy holy holy, sanctus, lord of hosts, lord of armies, lord of Sabaoth, hosts, armies, Sabaoth, military service, military, militaries

Bible reference(s): 1 Samuel 1:3, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 4:4, 1 Samuel 15:2, 1 Samuel 17:45, 2 Samuel 6:2, 2 Samuel 6:18, 2 Samuel 7:8, 2 Samuel 7:26, 2 Samuel 7:27, 1 Kings 18:15, 2 Kings 3:14, 1 Chronicles 11:9, 1 Chronicles 17:7, 1 Chronicles 17:24, Psalms 24:10, Psalms 46:7, Psalms 46:11, Psalms 48:8, Psalms 84:1, Psalms 84:3, Psalms 84:12, Isaiah 1:9, Isaiah 1:24, Isaiah 2:12, Isaiah 3:1, Isaiah 3:15, Isaiah 5:7, Isaiah 5:9, Isaiah 5:16, Isaiah 5:24, Isaiah 6:3, Isaiah 6:5, Isaiah 8:13, Isaiah 8:18, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 9:13, Isaiah 9:19, Isaiah 10:16, Isaiah 10:23, Isaiah 10:24, Isaiah 10:26, Isaiah 10:33, Isaiah 13:4, Isaiah 13:13, Isaiah 14:22, Isaiah 14:23, Isaiah 14:24, Isaiah 14:27, Isaiah 17:3, Isaiah 18:7, Isaiah 19:4, Isaiah 19:12, Isaiah 19:16, Isaiah 19:17, Isaiah 19:18, Isaiah 19:20, Isaiah 19:25, Isaiah 21:10, Isaiah 22:5, Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 22:14, Isaiah 22:15, Isaiah 22:25, Isaiah 23:9, Isaiah 24:23, Isaiah 25:6, Isaiah 28:5, Isaiah 28:22, Isaiah 28:29, Isaiah 29:6, Isaiah 31:4, Isaiah 31:5, Isaiah 37:16, Isaiah 37:32, Isaiah 39:5, Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 45:13, Isaiah 47:4, Isaiah 48:2, Isaiah 51:15, Isaiah 54:5, Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 6:6, Jeremiah 6:9, Jeremiah 7:3, Jeremiah 7:21, Jeremiah 8:3, Jeremiah 9:7, Jeremiah 9:15, Jeremiah 9:17, Jeremiah 10:16, Jeremiah 11:17, Jeremiah 11:20, Jeremiah 11:22, Jeremiah 16:9, Jeremiah 19:3, Jeremiah 19:11, Jeremiah 19:15, Jeremiah 20:12, Jeremiah 23:15, Jeremiah 23:16, Jeremiah 23:36, Jeremiah 25:8, Jeremiah 25:27, Jeremiah 25:28, Jeremiah 25:29, Jeremiah 25:32, Jeremiah 26:18, Jeremiah 27:4, Jeremiah 27:18, Jeremiah 27:19, Jeremiah 27:21, Jeremiah 28:2, Jeremiah 28:14, Jeremiah 29:4, Jeremiah 29:8, Jeremiah 29:17, Jeremiah 29:21, Jeremiah 29:25, Jeremiah 30:8, Jeremiah 31:23, Jeremiah 31:35, Jeremiah 32:14, Jeremiah 32:15, Jeremiah 32:18, Jeremiah 33:11, Jeremiah 33:12, Jeremiah 35:13, Jeremiah 35:18, Jeremiah 35:19, Jeremiah 39:16, Jeremiah 42:15, Jeremiah 42:18, Jeremiah 43:10, Jeremiah 44:2, Jeremiah 44:11, Jeremiah 44:25, Jeremiah 46:10, Jeremiah 46:18, Jeremiah 46:25, Jeremiah 48:1, Jeremiah 48:15, Jeremiah 49:5, Jeremiah 49:7, Jeremiah 49:26, Jeremiah 49:35, Jeremiah 50:18, Jeremiah 50:25, Jeremiah 50:31, Jeremiah 50:33, Jeremiah 50:34, Jeremiah 51:5, Jeremiah 51:14, Jeremiah 51:19, Jeremiah 51:33, Jeremiah 51:57, Jeremiah 51:58, Micah 4:4, Nahum 2:13, Nahum 3:5, Habakkuk 2:13, Zephaniah 2:9, Zephaniah 2:10, Haggai 1:2, Haggai 1:5, Haggai 1:7, Haggai 1:9, Haggai 1:14, Haggai 2:4, Haggai 2:6, Haggai 2:7, Haggai 2:8, Haggai 2:9, Haggai 2:11, Haggai 2:23, Zechariah 1:3, Zechariah 1:4, Zechariah 1:6, Zechariah 1:12, Zechariah 1:14, Zechariah 1:16, Zechariah 1:17, Zechariah 2:8, Zechariah 2:9, Zechariah 2:11, Zechariah 3:7, Zechariah 3:9, Zechariah 3:10, Zechariah 4:6, Zechariah 4:9, Zechariah 5:4, Zechariah 6:12, Zechariah 6:15, Zechariah 7:3, Zechariah 7:4, Zechariah 7:9, Zechariah 7:12, Zechariah 7:13, Zechariah 8:1, Zechariah 8:2, Zechariah 8:3, Zechariah 8:4, Zechariah 8:6, Zechariah 8:7, Zechariah 8:9, Zechariah 8:11, Zechariah 8:14, Zechariah 8:18, Zechariah 8:19, Zechariah 8:20, Zechariah 8:21, Zechariah 8:22, Zechariah 8:23, Zechariah 9:15, Zechariah 10:3, Zechariah 12:5, Zechariah 13:2, Zechariah 13:7, Zechariah 14:16, Zechariah 14:17, Zechariah 14:21, Malachi 1:4, Malachi 1:6, Malachi 1:8, Malachi 1:9, Malachi 1:10, Malachi 1:11, Malachi 1:13, Malachi 1:14, Malachi 2:2, Malachi 2:4, Malachi 2:7, Malachi 2:8, Malachi 2:12, Malachi 2:16, Malachi 3:1, Malachi 3:5, Malachi 3:7, Malachi 3:10, Malachi 3:11, Malachi 3:12, Malachi 3:14, Malachi 3:17, Malachi 4:1, Malachi 4:3

Source: “Holy, Holy, Holy, Really?”, 2017.

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