Posted on 07/15/2013 5:03:05 PM PDT by ReformationFan
Many of us grew up in theological backgrounds where the psalms were known, but not sung. These theological backgrounds are anomalies throughout the history of the Church. E.F. Harrison observed that "Psalmody was a part of the synagogue service that naturally passed over into the life of the church." Calvin Stapert speaks of the fathers' "enthusiastic promotion of psalm-singing" which he says, "reached an unprecedented peak in the fourth century." James McKinnon speaks of "an unprecedented wave of enthusiasm" for the psalms in the second half of the fourth century. Hughes Oliphint Old argued that Calvin appealed to the church historians (e.g. Eusebius, Socrates, Sozomen) as well as the church fathers (e.g. Augustine, Basil, Chrysostom) for the singing of psalms. While the Reformers did not advocate the exclusive singing of Psalms they did express "a partiality for Psalms and hymns drawn from Scripture."
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Miss my old exclusive Psalm-singing church. Now go to a PCA, and the new pastor removed the Trinity Psalters we used to use once a service, so Psalm-deprived entirely.
I’m PCA as well. I wish we had Trinity Psalters to sing out of. With the way things are going, I’m glad we still have and use the Trinity Hymnal.
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Oh gosh, ancient liturgies from the Nicene era as a templates for orthodoxy and orthopraxis?
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I'm all for it, naturally.
As a black Baptist minister told me a while back.
“White folks treat church like they’re going to God’s funeral”
Oh yes, as I grow older and older the Psalms and the old hymns have more and more meaning, more depth, more love and hope and so much more.
“Bless the Lord, O my soul and all that is within thee...”
ha ha always sing this one IF I/we forget to pray before we eat.
Have some major issues with CRC form of Hyper-Calvinism, but back in the day, their Psalter Hymnal was the best.
Nothing has comforted me more than reading the Psalms. God is speaking to me from bits and pieces every day.
Also, I am listening to John Michael Talbot lately who often takes his lyrics from the Psalms. When worry about my illness keeps me up at night I turn him on and go right to sleep.
Praise God.
“God is speaking to me from bits and pieces every day.
When worry about my illness keeps me up at night I turn him on and go right to sleep.”
What a beautiful message.
Here is an old hymn that is from the 23rd Psalm, up-dated to a Celtic style. Very beautiful. Our small group is practicing this one to sing/play at church.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3GFVW6m9Qo
Have some major issues with CRC form of Hyper-Calvinism, but back in the day, their Psalter Hymnal was the best.
Hypercalvinism?
Which Psalter Hymnal? Back in the day, our CRC pastor was on the committee for the '85 psalter hymnal (the grey one).
The one I was referring to was the one before that.
There is incredible potential here, as there maybe a dozen or more major musical expressions of the psalms, from the ancient Hebrew:
http://www.musicofthebible.com/teamim.htm
Through tracing the evolution of western music. Through the Middle Ages, and many of the classical composers.
Just a single psalm could be performed in the Hebrew manner, as a Gregorian chant, through Catholic and Protestant composers classical and modern, using their contemporary languages.
We still have a couple copies of that.
Don’t even try to tell me you’ve never heard the term “hyper-Calvinism”.
No I certainly have heard the term. I just never encountered anything like it in my time in the CRC.
Psalm singing beats out hymns. Good stuff.
BTW: find “Tellehim” by Steve Reich. Stunning rendition of some psalms.
Anyone else notice that when God spoke in the other books of the Bible that His part of the conversation looks like psalms? Paul mentioned talking to each other in songs. Heavenly.
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