Song of the Three Holy Youths

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Christian hymn biblical canticle liturgical text prayer of praise

Song of the Three Holy Youths is an ancient biblical canticle, traditionally associated with the Book of Daniel, that recounts the praise of God by three youths miraculously preserved in a fiery furnace.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Song of the Three Young Men 2
Canticle of the Three Children 1
Canticle of the Three Youths 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian hymn ⓘ
biblical canticle ⓘ
liturgical text ⓘ
prayer of praise ⓘ
addresses all creation ⓘ
angels ⓘ
animals ⓘ
earth ⓘ
heavens ⓘ
humankind ⓘ
seas ⓘ
stars of heaven ⓘ
sun and moon ⓘ
associatedWithBook Book of Daniel ⓘ
associatedWithFigure Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
characterInNarrative Abednego ⓘ
Meshach ⓘ
Shadrach ⓘ
genre hymn of praise ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Benedicite ⓘ
Song of the Three Holy Youths ⓘ
surface form: Canticle of the Three Children

Song of the Three Holy Youths ⓘ
surface form: Canticle of the Three Youths

Song of the Three Holy Youths ⓘ
surface form: Song of the Three Children

Song of the Three Holy Youths ⓘ
surface form: Song of the Three Young Men
language Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
literaryForm poetry ⓘ
liturgicalFunction doxology ⓘ
liturgicalUse Anglican liturgy ⓘ
Catholic liturgy ⓘ
Christian liturgy ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox liturgy ⓘ
Matins ⓘ
surface form: Lauds

Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
Morning Prayer ⓘ
mainTheme deliverance from danger ⓘ
faithfulness under persecution ⓘ
praise of God ⓘ
narrativeContext three youths in the fiery furnace ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
scripturalStatus apocryphal in some Protestant traditions ⓘ
deuterocanonical in some Christian traditions ⓘ
setting Babylon ⓘ
fiery furnace ⓘ
theologicalTheme God as creator ⓘ
God as deliverer ⓘ
universal praise of God ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bel and the Dragon → associatedWith → Song of the Three Holy Youths ⓘ
this entity surface form: Song of the Three Youths
Song of the Three Holy Youths → hasAlternativeName → Song of the Three Holy Youths ⓘ
this entity surface form: Song of the Three Young Men
Song of the Three Holy Youths → hasAlternativeName → Song of the Three Holy Youths ⓘ
this entity surface form: Song of the Three Children
Song of the Three Holy Youths → hasAlternativeName → Song of the Three Holy Youths ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canticle of the Three Youths
Song of the Three Holy Youths → hasAlternativeName → Song of the Three Holy Youths ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canticle of the Three Children
Eastern Orthodox canon → includesBook → Song of the Three Holy Youths ⓘ
Book of Daniel → includesText → Song of the Three Holy Youths ⓘ
this entity surface form: Song of the Three Young Men