Forgive my ignorance, but what the hell is Kiellor talking about regarding the Episcopal rewrite of Silent Night? Maybe my skil at teh goggling is deficient, but I’m finding not much in reference to this.

He’s not talking about the 1863 English translation, is he? ‘Cause that was a pretty creative embellishment of the original lyrics to begin with:

Stille Nacht: Literal English translation

It’s actually quite beautiful in German, imho.