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Alternatively, I'll take anything on Hymnary.org, since my aim is to find old hymns while excluding extremely obscure ones that only appear, for example, in a random hymnal from the 1700s. Let me strike out one answer real quick – yes, I know the Psalms is a Jewish hymnbook.
Such hymns as the Te Deum or the Veni Spiritus or the Ave Maria are not metrical, though metrical versions exist. Ultimately a hymn is whatever somebody thinks a hymn is. There is a story in several places on the web, but to whom it is attributable I do not know: An old farmer went to the city one weekend and attended the big city church.
Christian references to the symbolic meaning behind the gifts: Coincidentally, an old hymn was played at yesterday’s church service. It is attributed to John H. Hopkins (1820-1891): It is attributed to John H. Hopkins (1820-1891):
The hymn “ Fairest Lord Jesus ” came from Roman Catholic Jesuits in Germany. It first appeared in 1677 in a Jesuit hymnbook. The text of the hymn, however, was in existence at least fifteen years earlier. Yet the origin of the words remains a mystery. Who translated it into English is a mystery, as well.
18. Nope, it's not, actually. Luther used a form of music "bar form", but he was actually opposed to use of common tunes (like Calvin) for his hymns. The following is from an essay called "Major Forms of BS" by T. David Gordon: I cannot count the number of times I have heard the common myth about Martin Luther employing the tunes of familiar ...
The classification of Laws, Prophets, and Hymns to God in Old Testament (mentioned by Josephus) are also mentioned in Luke 24:44 - "Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled .”
The writer suggests it may have been an editorial adaptation since they seem to have been written at different times based on the words each uses for God (Psalm 14 = Yahweh, Psalm 53 = Elohim). It could be similar to how some old hymns are currently being updated with modern language to appeal to modern culture.
Some old hymns are a poor source of obtaining one's theology from. New hymns are even worse. Modern choruses and 'praise song' can be downright atrocious. I have many worship music books, with words, and I have penciled through lots of wrong words and phrases, writing in more theologically correct ones. Then I can sing them as I play piano ...
For the past few years our congregations have been singing our own hymns almost entirely. Now, at last, the time has come when we can omit the old Protestant hymns almost altogether, with more new hymns, and a few others whose words are proper, which we feel our congregations would want to sing occasionally.
Fr. Gabriele Amorth SSP mentions in this in one of his books that the singing of sacred hymns is a valid form of expelling the demon. Being a Catholic priest however, he encouraged the singing of Gregorian Chant, which in itself is very scripture based.