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Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace. Gospel music is characterized by dominant vocals and strong use of harmony with Christian lyrics. Gospel music can be traced to the early 17th century. [1]
David Playing the Harp by Jan de Bray, 1670.. Knowledge of the biblical period is mostly from literary references in the Bible and post-biblical sources. Religion and music historian Herbert Lockyer, Jr. writes that "music, both vocal and instrumental, was well cultivated among the Hebrews, the New Testament Christians, and the Christian church through the centuries."
Ancient biographies were concerned with providing examples for readers to emulate while preserving and promoting the subject's reputation and memory; the gospels were never simply biographical, they were propaganda and kerygma (preaching), [5] meant to convince people that Jesus was a charismatic miracle-working holy man.
The number of Evangelists was settled c. 200 when Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons in Gaul decreed that the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, were the Canonical Gospels. The four Evangelists’ accounts were said to “tell the same, doctrinally correct story.” [ 10 ] They are all pictured with their respective emblems in the miniatures.
The Mystical Life of Jesus (1929) [m] – based heavily on The Aquarian Gospel where entire chapters were plagiarized; Essene Gospel of Peace (1937; 1974) The Urantia Book (1955) The Poem of the Man-God (1956) The Fifth Gospel (1956, Naber) [n] The Jesus Scroll (1972) The Gospel Given at Ares (1974) Gospel of Jesus According to Gabriele Wittek ...
A scientist recently discovered a lost fragment of a manuscript representing one of the earliest translations of the Gospels. Scientists Have Discovered an Ancient Hidden Chapter in the Bible Skip ...
Instead of hymns, Biblical psalms were chanted, most often without accompaniment. This was known as exclusive psalmody. Examples of this may still be found in various places, including the Churches of Christ and the "free churches" of western Scotland. An early printing of Martin Luther's hymn "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"
Thomas A. Dorsey was born in Villa Rica, Georgia, the first of three children to Thomas Madison Dorsey, a minister and farmer, and Etta Plant Spencer.The Dorseys sharecropped on a small farm, while the elder Dorsey, a graduate of Atlanta Bible College (now Morehouse College), traveled to nearby churches to preach.