Vox Populi, Vox Dei Vox Populi, Vox Dei Vox Populi, Vox Dei is Latin for "the voice of the people is the voice of God." The phrase was used as the title of a Whig tract of 1709, which was expanded in 1710 and later reprintings as The Judgment of whole Kingdoms and Nations. The author is unknown but was probably either Robert Ferguson or Thomas Harrison. There is no evidence for persistent attribution to Daniel Defoe or John Somers as authors. The most cited section of the revised (1710) version of the pamphlet read: The 1709 tract's use of the Latin phrase was
Vox clara ecce intonat Vox clara ecce intonat Vox clara ecce intonat is a Latin hymn used traditionally in the Liturgy of the Hours at Lauds during Advent. An alternative version of the same hymn begins "En clara vox redarguit." The original version of the hymn dates from the 6th century. Whilst it has been attributed to a number of different authors, including St Ambrose, it is generally recorded in modern books as "anonymous." As a result of Pope Urban VIII's revision of the Breviary, the hymn was re-written in a more classical Latin style and published in 1632, with the opening line "En