Nunc dimittis
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The Nunc dimittis (also Song of Simeon or Canticle of Simeon) is a canticle from a text in the second chapter of Luke (Luke 2:29–32) named after its first words in Latin.
Simeon was a devout Jew who, according to the book of Luke, had been promised by the Holy Ghost that he would not die until he had seen the Saviour. When Mary and Joseph brought the baby Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem for the ceremony of consecration of the firstborn son (not the circumcision, but rather after the time of Mary's purification: at least 40 days after the birth), Simeon was there, and he took Jesus into his arms and uttered words rendered variously as follows.
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Literary settings
- T. H. White novel The Once and Future King – recitation by Merlyn
- T. S. Eliot poem A Song for Simeon
- Karel Capek play R.U.R.
- Walter Miller, A Canticle for Liebowitz
- John le Carre novel A Murder of Quality
- John le Carre novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – theme tune of TV adaptation
- H. W. Brands novel The Strange Death of American Liberalism
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