---
title: 'Christian Hymnology'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John Williamson Nevin'
date: 1856-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Hymnody and Psalmody'
- 'Ancient and Medieval Church History'
scriptures:
- 'Ephesians 5'
- 'Colossians 3'
- 'Luke 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/nevin-1856-christian-hymnology
---

# Christian Hymnology

Survey of Christian hymnology: early church reliance on the Psalter, development of Syrian and Greek hymn traditions, and challenges from Gnostic and Arian hymnody.

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