History of Christian Hymns

It is surprising that hymns, as we know them in the context of Christian worship, are a fairly recent innovation. It was not until the eighteenth century that they began to replace the solemnities of psalm chanting, although of course psalms are still in popular use in various Christian communities. https://cottrell.nd.edu/members/2167/blog/2016/Jan/history-of-christian-hymns
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