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by Scott AniolWe’re trying to clear out some of our inventory, so we’re offering pretty significant discounts on several helpful worship resources. Get ‘em while they last! Measuring the Music: Another Look at the Contemporary Christian Music Debate by John Makujina $6.50...
Continue reading full post View CommentsReformation Hymns
by Scott AniolWhen Martin Luther (1483—1546) sparked a Reformation of the Church by nailing his Ninety-Five Theses to the Church door at Wittenberg in 1517, he challenged the Roman Church’s doctrine and practice, but never its musical forms. The musical forms of the...
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by Kevin BauderEditor’s note: This article is posted partially in response to discussion of Scott Aniol’s post on medieval hymnody. I have suggested elsewhere that the civilization of the medieval West was imbued with Christian ideals, and that those ideals were abandoned...
Continue reading full post View CommentsThe Pre-Tridentine Roman Church
by Scott AniolI’ve had some good questions about the Medieval Church resulting from my recent article on medieval hymnody. I’d like to make a few short observations in response and explanation: I am certainly not implying that everything about the Church during...
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by Scott AniolWhen Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity in 313 with the Edict of Milan, and Christianity soon became the religion of the entire empire, the cultural conditions within which the Church thrived changed into a situation that had not been enjoyed since...
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