5. Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe

German text	English translation
Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe und Friede auf Erden und den Menschen ein Wohlgefallen! (Luke 2:14)	Glory be to God in the highest and peace on earth; and a happy occurrence for humanity!

About the text

Author: Unknown
“Drawn from the church-year cycle Gottgefälliges Kirchen-Opffer of 1711 by Georg Christian Lehms” (Dürr 2005, 98)
Text references: Luke 2:14 (verbatim)
Scripture readings for the day: Titus 2:11–2:14; Luke 2:1–2:14

Full score: Neue Bach-Ausgabe I/2, p. 119
Background: Alfred Dürr, Cantatas of J. S. Bach (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 97
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