Its oldest known sources are Continental, where it appears in Latin in the 10th century Sacramentarium Fuldense Saeculi X.
The original Latin prayer may be found in Continental sources in the 10th century Sacramentarium Fuldense Saeculi X[1] where it appears as the proper Collect for a Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit Ad Postulandum Spiritus Sancti Gratiam.
It also appears as an alternate Collect for Votive Masses of the Holy Spirit in the Missale Romanum Mediolani, 1474.
[2] In England, the 11th century Leofric missal[3][4] and the later Sarum Rite include the Latin prayer as one of those said by the priest before Mass.
It contains the version which appears in the 1892, 1928, and 1979 (Rite I) editions of the American Book of Common Prayer: The 1979 Book of Common Prayer published by The Episcopal Church includes a version in Rite Two with modern wording: The 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship and the 1980 Alternative Service Book published by the Church of England contain similar versions in contemporary English:[11] The 1989 United Methodist Hymnal contains the following version, which varies only slightly from that contained in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer:[12] The 2015 Divine Worship Missal published by the Roman Catholic Church for the Personal Ordinariates of former Anglicans contains the following version, which follows Cranmer's translation: