While it was prominent in German pietism in the post-Reformation period, and was particularly important in the Calvinist Reformation (where Psalm texts dominated),
the modern hymn book is heavily influenced by the 19th - century tradition of the English hymn.
The
Book of Psalms seems to have been the hymn - book of the Temple liturgy — a book, quite literally, of «hymns ancient and modern», since it contains poems of the period of the monarchy (possibly, as some believe, as old as David), and others composed as late as the third century or even (as some suppose) the second century
Book of Psalms seems to have been the
hymn -
book of the Temple liturgy — a book, quite literally, of «hymns ancient and modern», since it contains poems of the period of the monarchy (possibly, as some believe, as old as David), and others composed as late as the third century or even (as some suppose) the second century
book of the Temple liturgy — a
book, quite literally, of «hymns ancient and modern», since it contains poems of the period of the monarchy (possibly, as some believe, as old as David), and others composed as late as the third century or even (as some suppose) the second century
book, quite literally, of «
hymns ancient and
modern», since it contains poems of the period of the monarchy (possibly, as some believe, as old as David), and others composed as late as the third century or even (as some suppose) the second century B.C.
Hymns Ancient and
Modern publishes around 120
books per annum in print and digital formats via imprints SCM Press, Canterbury Press, Church House Publishing (under arrangement with the Archbishops Council) and Saint Andrew Press (under arrangement with the Church of Scotland).