'''Agnus Dei''' is the fifth part in the [[Mass (music)|Latin Mass Ordinary]]. It is taken from the text of John i, 29 (''Behold the Lamb of God'') and, like much of the rite, was first set to music as plainchant in the seventh century before following the rest of musical liturgy through the trends and fashions of musical history. | '''Agnus Dei''' is the fifth part in the [[Mass (music)|Latin Mass Ordinary]]. It is taken from the text of John i, 29 (''Behold the Lamb of God'') and, like much of the rite, was first set to music as plainchant in the seventh century before following the rest of musical liturgy through the trends and fashions of musical history. |