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100 1 _aBrownlie, John,
_d1857-1925
245 1 0 _aHymns of the Greek Church :
_bTranslated with Introduction and Notes
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2009-01-20
508 _aProduced by Stephen Hutcheson, Charles Coulston, and Ken Jentsch, with help from Distributed Proofreaders
520 _a"Hymns of the Greek Church" by John Brownlie is a collection of translations of Greek Christian hymns compiled and translated during the late 19th century. The book serves to introduce English-speaking readers to the rich and deeply emotive hymnody of the Greek Orthodox Church, a topic that had been largely neglected in Western Christian literature. This work stands out as an effort to bridge the cultural and linguistic gap, focusing on the beauty and spirituality encapsulated in these hymns. The content of the book offers a curated selection of approximately forty-seven hymns, many of which are presented for the first time in English verse. The hymns encompass themes of worship, adoration, and the celebration of key Christian events like the Resurrection and the Nativity of Christ. They reflect a distinctively objective focus on God’s majesty and the events of salvation history, contrasting with the more subjective expressions commonly found in English hymns. Brownlie aims to showcase the aesthetic and spiritual depth of Greek hymns, encouraging a broader appreciation for this important aspect of Christian worship and literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aHymns, Greek -- Translations into English
653 _aOrthodox Eastern Church -- Hymns
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27848
999 _c68757
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