The Prayer of the Three Holy Children is a component of
the biblical Book of Daniel. It is a segment of a
larger component called The Prayer of Azariah and the
Prayer of the Three Holy Children which, although part
of the Septuagint text, is considered by Protestants as
part of the Apocrypha rather than a fully canonical
part of Scripture, and so appears in most
English-language bibles as a separate section. If
included within the larger text of Daniel, it would
appear in the third chapter betwe...(+)
The Prayer of the Three Holy Children is a component of
the biblical Book of Daniel. It is a segment of a
larger component called The Prayer of Azariah and the
Prayer of the Three Holy Children which, although part
of the Septuagint text, is considered by Protestants as
part of the Apocrypha rather than a fully canonical
part of Scripture, and so appears in most
English-language bibles as a separate section. If
included within the larger text of Daniel, it would
appear in the third chapter between verses 23 and 24.
(...) The song constitutes a hymn of thanksgiving to
God for deliverance from the fiery furnace into which
the three young men, Ananias, Azarias and Misael (also
known as Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego) had been cast
by the Persian king Nebuchadnezzar. They were cast into
the furnace for refusing to worship a golden idol that
Nebuchadnezzar had created. However, an Angel of the
Lord entered the furnace and protected the three young
men.
cela fit trois ans que je cherche cette artition sblime de Praetorius, et je tome enfin sur elle. c'est une pièce exquise ue jesouhaiterais ardemment faire exécuter à ma chorale.
