The Earliest Christian Hymnbook

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004542884
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First Christian Hymnal written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first English translation of the earliest Christian hymnal, a little-known and overlooked text that preserves the sacred songs of Jerusalem’s Christian communities during the late fourth or early fifth century. This hymnal, known as the Jerusalem Georgian Chantbook, preserves the hymnography of the Jerusalem churches from a crucial moment in early Christian history, when Christianity was transitioning from a small minority faith into the faith of an empire. This book presents the hymns that were used for regular Sunday worship. These hymns not only are the oldest part of the collection, but they also would have had the most influence in forming the faith of Jerusalem’s congregations.

Author : James H Charlesworth
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
ISBN 13 : 0227903072
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Earliest Christian Hymnbook written by James H Charlesworth and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That the earliest followers of Jesus wrote poetry, hymns, and odes is evident already in the New Testament. This volume is a translation of The Odes of Solomon, a collection of early Christian hymns or odes; some are obviously Christian, others perhaps Jewish. The beauty of these poems is a tribute to the depth of spirituality in early communities of Christians, some of whom were perhaps also Jews or converted Jews. Professor Charlesworth offers an inviting introduction and a translation of this work that is both engaging and true to the original languages. The Index of Ancient Sources provides the reader access to the wide range of references in the notes.

Author : Tony Costa
Publisher : H&e Academic
ISBN 13 : 9781774840139
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Christian Creeds & Hymns written by Tony Costa and published by H&e Academic. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the history of the Church, Christians have expressed their faith in word and song. Among the ways they confessed what they believed was through creeds. The term"creed," which comes from the Latin credo ("I believe"), has played a central role in the identity of the Church and expressing her core beliefs. Some of the more famous creeds are the Apostles' Creed and Nicene Creed. While these creeds developed in the first few centuries of the Church, the earliest creeds are embedded within the New Testament text itself. The singing of hymns, which are closely associated with creeds, has also been part of the Church's ancient heritage. These credal hymns were adopted from the synagogues and have continued to be an integral expression of worship today. The New Testament contains many of the hymns that the early Christians sang. Since these hymns are confessional in nature, we can state that hymns were creed-like, confessing in song what the earliest Christians believed. This book examines the ancient creeds and hymns found in the New Testament, shedding light on what the earliest Christians held to be central, definitional, and foundational to their faith.

Author : Daniel Liderbach
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809138098
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christ in the Early Christian Hymns written by Daniel Liderbach and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From the first days of the church, Christians confessed their faith in Jesus Christ in both theological discussion and in popular hymns of devotion. After the major church councils from Nicaea to Chalcedon brought clarification and definition to Christological doctrines, the hymns began to express clearly this belief in Jesus as truly God and truly human." "Father Liderbach shows that pre-Nicaean hymns inductively held in tension both the full humanity of Jesus and his more-than-human status. Then during the councils from Nicaea to Chalcedon, deductive doctrine held sway in the new hymn compositions. But the final definition by Chalcedon encouraged new hymns in which humanity and divinity are once again held in experiential tension according to the "rule of faith" of the earliest period."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Brian Dunkle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198788223
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enchantment and Creed in the Hymns of Ambrose of Milan written by Brian Dunkle and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revision of the author's doctoral dissertation, "Nocturna Lux Viantibus: The Methods, Meaning, and Mystagogy of Ambrosian Hymnody," (Univ. of Notre Dame, 2015).

Author : Lionel Adey
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774844906
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hymns and the Christian Myth written by Lionel Adey and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its beginnings in the Bible, Christian hymnology has fulfilled three functions -- praise, recital and teaching of the Myth, and collective and personal adoration as well as the foundation and worship of the church. In Hymns and the Christian Myth, Lionel Adey demonstrates that over the centuries shifts emphasizing particular elements of the Christian faith accord with the interests and concerns of the times in which the hymns were composed.

Author : Alexander Campbell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christian Hymn Book written by Alexander Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ruth Ellis Messenger
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries written by Ruth Ellis Messenger and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries" by Ruth Ellis Messenger. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : F. Forrester Church
Publisher : Macmillan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780025255814
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Macmillan Book of Earliest Christian Hymns written by F. Forrester Church and published by Macmillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1988 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briefly describes the history of hymns, and gathers selections, based on the New Testament, the Psalms, the Apocrypha, the Gnostic scriptures, and Latin hymns

Author : Fr. George William Rutler
Publisher : Sophia Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1682780244
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stories of Hymns written by Fr. George William Rutler and published by Sophia Institute Press. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hymns are more than beautiful musical compositions; they provide us with a heightened language for praising and speaking to God, all while teaching us theology that reflects both the depth and complexity of Our Lord. Sacred hymns in our day have given way to “fifth-rate poetry set to fourth-rate music,” as C.S. Lewis once remarked. At times, the music used in worship can make us feel as though the culture is usurping the Church rather than being transfigured by it. There is a clear and present need to resurrect those distinctively different songs with a distinctively different vocabulary for people who want to live distinctive lives as followers of Christ. In these pages, Fr. George William Rutler introduces and reflects upon dozens of the greatest hymns written from the earliest years of the Church through the Twentieth Century. The text and composition of each hymn is included, as well as inspiring accounts of their authors and composers, fascinating stories and historical events connected with them, and notes on the significant contributions each one made to theology and music. Fr. Rutler has recovered here a rich musical legacy that will help us to give glory to our God who is Lord of all.