Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Quae gloriosum tanta coelis evocat
Hymnology
A publication, liturgical, and translation history of Guillaume de la Brunetière's Latin hymn for the Convers…
Regnantem sempiterna per saecula susceptura
Hymnology
A publication and manuscript history of the early medieval Advent sequence 'Regnantem sempiterna per saecula …
Scottish Hymnody
History
An historical account of congregational song in Scotland from the Reformation to the mid-nineteenth century, …
Scottish Translations and Paraphrases
Hymnology
A detailed publication, authorship, and committee breakdown of the 1781 Scottish Translations and Paraphrases…
Sir William Alexander
History
Biographical account of Sir William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, a Scottish courtier, poet, and principal con…
Temperance Hymnody
Hymnology
An overview of the rise, development, popular compositions, and key contributors of the Temperance hymnody mo…
Unitarian Hymnody
Hymnology
An extensive historical overview of English Unitarian hymnody, its doctrinal evolution from Presbyterian root…
United Methodist (Free Churches Hymnody)
Hymnology
A historical overview of the hymnody, collections, and doctrinal lineage of the United Methodist Free Churche…
Verbum Dei, Deo natum
Hymnology
A historical account of the medieval Latin hymn Verbum Dei, Deo natum, its manuscript sources, liturgical use…
Washburn, Edward Abiel
Hymnology
A biographical overview of Edward Abiel Washburn, Protestant Episcopal clergyman, theologian, and translator …
Wilhelm Alard
History
Biographical account of seventeenth-century pastor and Latin poet Wilhelm Alard, author of the Excubiarum Pia…
William Aldridge
History
Biographical sketch of William Aldridge, an eighteenth-century English minister in Lady Huntingdon's Connexio…
Ye simple souls that stray
Hymnology
A entry on the 1747 Methodist hymn Ye simple souls that stray, detailing its publication history, textual rev…