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To: ReformationFan
"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."

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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.

4 posted on 07/15/2013 5:10:30 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("If they refuse to listen even to the Church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.")
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Next thing you know, they're going to be bringing back chant (naturally, Greek chant vice Gregorian chant, but still...)
24 posted on 07/16/2013 3:19:36 AM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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