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St. Augustine: "Without committing myself to an irrevocable opinion, I am inclined to approve of the custom of singing in church, in order that by indulging the ears weaker spirits may be inspired with feelings of devotion. Yet when I find the singing itself more moving than the truth which it conveys, I confess that this is a grievous sin, and at those time I would prefer not to hear the singer."

Fairly quick but thought-provoking 59 page sweep of the role of music in the OT, NT, and even in the formation of theology.

Moving on now to a historical sweep of music in the early church.

Reading the series with Zoë.

Bishop Simon Patrick on the 1559 BCP under Queen Elizabeth: “a virtuous mediocrity between the meretricious gaudiness of the Church of Rome and the squalid sluttery of fanatic conventicles.”

Ouch.

Turning the corner from fascinating to beautiful.

Listen to the NT before Advent update:

I already loved the Gospel of John. Hearing it among the other Gospels over the course of a week has only solidified that love.

“What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.”