![]() to Bethlehem” situates the singer both among the shepherds who rushed to see Christ and in the great continuation of the “faithful” that have traveled to Bethlehem in a spiritual nature for over 2,000 years.Īlthough today, we cannot actually witness Jesus in the manger, we can come to Bethlehem in a symbolic sense. The encouragement to “come, all ye faithful. The most well-known English translation was done by Frederick Oakeley in 1852. The Latin version, or at least the first two words, meaning "come you faithful ones," is recognizable to some of us today, partially because it has been covered by people like Andrea Bocelli, Bing Crosby, and Nat King Cole. The exact origins of the original hymn are not known, but it was most likely composed by John Francis Wade in the middle of the eighteenth century. "O Come, All Ye Faithful" is an adaptation of a Latin hymn Adeste Fidelis.
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