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The Book of Hymns was the official hymnal of The Methodist Church, later the United Methodist Church, in the United States, until it was replaced in 1989 by The United Methodist Hymnal. Published in 1966 by The Methodist Publishing House, it replaced The Methodist Hymnal of 1935 as the official hymnal of the church.
The United Methodist Hymnal is the hymnal used by The United Methodist Church. It was first published in 1989 as the first hymnal for The United Methodist Church after the 1968 merger of The Methodist Church with The Evangelical United Brethren Church. The 960-page hymnal is noted for many changes that were made in the lyrics of certain hymns ...
The Primary Hymn Book, Hymns and Songs for Little Children (1936) United Lutheran Church in America. Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church with Hymnal (1917) Hymnal for the Sunday School (1922) Hymns and Prayers for Church Societies and Assemblies (1923) United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
Hymnal. A hymnal or hymnary is a collection of hymns, usually in the form of a book, called a hymnbook (or hymn book ). They are used in congregational singing. A hymnal may contain only hymn texts (normal for most hymnals for most centuries of Christian history); written melodies are extra, and more recently harmony parts have also been provided.
The word hymn derives from Greek ὕμνος (hymnos), which means "a song of praise". [2] A writer of hymns is known as a hymnist. The singing or composition of hymns is called hymnody. Collections of hymns are known as hymnals or hymn books. Hymns may or may not include instrumental accompaniment. Polyhymnia is the Greco/Roman goddess of ...
The Lutheran Book of Worship ( LBW) is a worship book and hymnal published in 1978 and was authorized for use by several Lutheran denominations in North America, including predecessors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod was initially involved in the ...
The Baptist Hymnal has been the primary book of hymns and songs used for Christian worship in churches affiliated with the United States denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, since 1956. For information on Baptist hymnals in a more general sense, see this list . The title was first used for a Convention publication in 1956, and a ...
Hymnology. Hymnology (from Greek ὕμνος hymnos, "song of praise" and -λογία -logia, "study of") is the scholarly study of religious song, or the hymn, in its many aspects, with particular focus on choral and congregational song. It may be more or less clearly distinguished from hymnody, the creation and practice of such song.