Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries

by Ruth Ellis Messenger

^[5]All biblical passages quoted in this paper are given in the King James Version of the English Bible.

^[6]R. H. Charles, The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1913), vol. I, 627-629.

^[7]J. Mearns, op. cit. (see [note 4]), 1.

^[8]F. Cabrol, op. cit. (see [note 4]), 1976-1977.

^[9]J. Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (London, John Murray, 1892), “Canons,” 461, 463.

^[10]Quotations from the Psalms are not included in this paper.

^[11]C. H. Toy, Quotations in the New Testament (New York, Scribners, 1884), 199-200.

^[12]E. F. Scott, The Pastoral Epistles (New York, Harper, no date), 14.

^[13]J. Kroll, op. cit. (see [note 3]), 264.

^[14]M. Dibelius, A Fresh Approach to the New Testament and Early Christian Literature (New York, Scribners, 1936), 247.