Category: History - Religious

Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries

Messenger, Ruth Ellis, 1884-1964· 3 chapters· 9,879 words

I. "The Hymns of John Bunyan." By Louis F. Benson, D.D. II. "The Religious Value of Hymns." By William P. Merrill, D.D. III. "The Praise of the Virgin in Early Latin Hymns." By Ruth Ellis Messenger, Ph.D. IV. "The Significance of the Old French Psalter." By Professor Waldo Sel...

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1. Part 1

I. "The Hymns of John Bunyan." By Louis F. Benson, D.D. II. "The Religious Value of Hymns." By William P. Merrill, D.D. III. "The Praise of the Virgin in Early Latin Hymns." By...

2. Part 2

Postponing for the present a more detailed inquiry into stylistic origins, we may regard the group of liturgical hymns here presented as a source collection of the utmost import...

3. Part 3

So far no mention has been made of the fact that the early period of Christian history was characterized by persecution. As a rule sporadic and intermittent, it was periodically...