The Singing Church: The Hymns It Wrote and Sang
CHAPTER VII
APOSTOLIC ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT 103 SACRED SONG IN THE NEW CHRISTIAN CHURCH. The Rise of Sacred Song in Apostolic Times. Apostolic Emphasis of Sacred Song. Traces of Hymns in the Epistles. The Hymns of the Apocalypse. “The Odes of Solomon.” The Failure of Apostolic Spiritual Songs to Survive.