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The Origins of a Great Christmas Hymn: Come, O Come, Emmanuel

By Filings on Wed, 12/20/17
Church & Ministry
Hymns
Christmas
Worship

“The text has its origins in the ‘O Antiphons’—a series of refrains sung on each day from December 17-23 during the evening Vespers service. Each one focuses on a different name of Christ in anticipation of the Incarnation.” Ref21

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Larry Nelson

NewA lovely hymn

Wed, 12/20/17

We sang it just this weekend in our services.

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Bert Perry

NewLove it

Wed, 12/20/17

This suggests a great amount of goodness in some of the old church calendars. I’m not ready to compromise on other theological things I hold dear to go back to the Methodists or Anglicans to get that, but it is something we might consider.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

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