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Papyrus of lyrics and musical notation from about 260 AD. One of these papyrus discovered in 1918 and published in 1922 has what is considered the oldest known Christian hymn–Papyrus 1786 now in the Papyrology Rooms of the Sackler Library in Oxford.
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The oldest hymn is, according to the Catholic Church, a simple hymn that was most likely written by an anonymous shepherd. The song was originally sang and played, but was written down, most likely several years later and probably sounded a little more like a Gregorian Chant than the hymn we know today.
- Probably the oldest text you'll find is the Phos Hilaron, sometimes known as "Hail gladdening light". The earliest music for it was a Byzantine Ch...
- The text, "Let All Mortal Flesh keep Silence", may be a close contender to the Phos Hilaron. It is in common use in some English speaking churches...
- I was going to say Adeste Fideles "Oh Come all Ye Faithful" as it was anachronistically placed in my kids' cartoon about St. Nicholas of Myra. It...
- Be Thou My Vision - is a hymn an ancient Irish hymn translated in English, thank God, and one of my favorite. I named my daughter - Jeriel, meaning...
- Hymns by Clement of Alexandria. There are two in The Hymnal 1982: "Shepherd of Tender Youth," and "Sunset to Sunrise Changes Now." Most cite "Sh...
- Not an expert, but "Savior of the Nations Come", I would think is surely in the top 10 of the oldest surviving hymns. St. Ambrose of Milan wrote th...
- Of the Father's Love Begotten is not quite as old as the oldest two songs already mentioned here, but it's almost as old, and still widely sung, e...
- Well, in the Adoremus Hymnal the 11th century translation of the Sub Tuum Praesidium is sung. That dates as early as 250Ad....but more likely 200AD...
Sep 22, 2018 · The earliest references to Christian hymnody come in the New Testament. Two references are made in the Gospels (Matt. 26:30 and Mark 14:26), likely referring to the singing of the Psalms. Hymnody is also mentioned in Acts 16:25; 1 Corinthians 14:26; Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16; and James 5:13. 5.
- "Amazing Grace"
- "How Great Thou Art"
- "What A Friend We Have in Jesus"
- "When I Survey The Wondrous Cross"
- "Wherever He Leads, I'll Go"
This would not be a complete list without one of the most well-known hymns in the world. "Amazing Grace" was created by John Newton in 1779. The author of the hymn described himself as the "wretch" in the song. He was a slave trader, rebel, blasphemer, and all-around immoral man. He was as far from grace as anyone could ever be and lived a life ful...
This song was written in 1885 by Carl Gustav Boberg, a 26-year-old pastor from Sweden. Boberg was said to have been caught in a thunderstorm after church one Sunday afternoon. From his place in the mountains, Boberg could see the storm rolling in and noticed the immense power and force it had. Once the storm passed, Boberg observed a beautiful big ...
Joseph Scriven, a young Irishman, completed his college education in 1844. He returned home to marry his sweetheart. He came home to find his bride-to-be tragically lying dead after falling off her horse. Later on, Scriven moved to Canada and fell in love again. Unfortunately, for the second time, his bride-to-be hit a horrible fate. She became ill...
Isaac Watts devoted much of his life to writing, including essays, sermons, and hymns, despite his frail health. He is considered the father of English hymnody crafting songs like the Christmas carol "Joy to the World". As a teen, Watts was concerned with the crude lyrics that most English-speaking congregations used to praise God. Watts was challe...
Two friends, R.S. Jones and B.B. McKinney, were having lunch at an Alabama Sunday school conference in 1936. Jones had just returned from Brazil, where he was a missionary. Jones was heartbroken, because just days before he found out that health issues would keep him from returning to the country to do God's work. McKinney, a hymn writer, asked Jon...
In poetic form ( iambic octosyllables in four-line stanzas), those early hymns—apparently sung to simple, possibly folk melodies—were derived from Christian Latin poetry of the period. By the late Middle Ages trained choirs had supplanted the congregation in the singing of hymns.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 14, 2017 · O Come, O Come, Emmanuel is the first in a series of very important Christian hymns. It's usually sung during Advent and Christmas Day. As you can see from the title of the anthem, it...
A Brief History of Hymns. By Simon Lole. Songs of Praise conductor, composer, arranger and organist. For almost two thousand years, Christians have used music as a way to worship. In the Bible...
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