Early Christian hymnody was influenced by the tradition of psalm singing in the temple. The hymns of the New Testament church served both a doxological and an apologetic function.
In a useful series of essays titled "Modern Issues in Biblical Studies," published in Expository Times a generation ago, one notable contribution was "The Evidence in the New Testament for Early Creeds, Catechisms and Liturgy" (Expository Times 71 [1960]: pp. 359363). Professor G. W. H. Lampe's...
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