Dictionary of Hymnology

Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.

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Solomon S. Allsop Hymnology Brief biography of Solomon S. Allsop, Baptist minister and hymnwriter. St. Ambrose (Ambrosius) Hymnology Biography and hymnological legacy of St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan. St. Thomas Aquinas Hymnology A cross-reference entry for Thomas of Aquino (St. Thomas Aquinas) in hymnody. Temperance Hymnody Hymnology An overview of the rise, development, popular compositions, and key contributors of the Temperance hymnody mo… The Great Advent Antiphons Hymnology An entry on the seven greater Advent antiphons, their liturgical usage, and their prose and metrical English … Title: And are we yet alive? Hymnology An entry on Charles Wesley's 1749 hymn traditionally used to open Methodist conferences. 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… William Lindsay Alexander History Biographical account of nineteenth-century Scottish Congregational minister, scholar, and Old Testament revis… Xavier, St. Francis Hymnology A biographical sketch of St. Francis Xavier, co-founder of the Jesuits and missionary to Asia, exploring his … Ye simple souls that stray Hymnology A entry on the 1747 Methodist hymn Ye simple souls that stray, detailing its publication history, textual rev… Zion stands by hills surrounded Hymnology An entry on Thomas Kelly's 1806 hymn Zion stands by hills surrounded, covering its scriptural origin in Psalm…