THE PAPERS OF THE HYMN SOCIETY
Carl F. Price
Editor
IX

Christian Hymns
of the First Three Centuries
by
Ruth Ellis Messenger, Ph.D.
THE HYMN SOCIETY OF AMERICA
New York City
1942
PAPERS OF THE HYMN SOCIETY
Carl F. Price, Editor
I. “The Hymns of John Bunyan.”
By Louis F. Benson, D.D.
II. “The Religious Value of Hymns.”
By William P. Merrill, D.D.
III. “The Praise of the Virgin in Early Latin Hymns.”
By Ruth Ellis Messenger, Ph.D.
IV. “The Significance of the Old French Psalter.”
By Professor Waldo Selden Pratt, L.H.D., Mus.D.
V. Hymn Festival Programs.
VI. “What Is a Hymn?”
By Carl F. Price, M.A.
VII. “An Account of the Bay Psalm Book.”
By Henry Wilder Foote, D.D.
VIII. “Lowell Mason: an Appreciation of His Life and Work.”
By Henry Lowell Mason.
IX. “Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries.”
By Ruth Ellis Messenger, Ph.D.
X. Addresses at the Twentieth Anniversary of the Hymn Society of America.
XI. Hymns of Christian Patriotism.
XII. “Luther and Congregational Song.”
By Luther D. Reed, D.D., A.E.D.
XIII. “Isaac Watts and his Contribution to English Hymnody.”
By Norman Victor Hope, M.A., Ph.D.
XIV. “Latin Hymns of the Middle Ages.”
By Ruth Ellis Messenger, Ph.D.
XV. “Revival of Gregorian Chant, Its Influence on English Hymnody.”
By J. Vincent Higginson, Mus.B., M.A.
Copies of these papers at 25 cents each may be obtainedfrom the Executive Secretary of the Hymn Society.
Note: Inquire before ordering as some numbers aretemporarily out of print.
Dr. Reginald L. McAll,
2268 Sedgwick Avenue
New York 53, N. Y.
Copyright, 1942, by Hymn Society of America
Reprinted 1949
 Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries
I. Introduction
There is no part of the general field of Christian hymnologyso baffling to the student or so full of difficulties as the oneunder consideration in this paper. Many accounts of thesubject are in existence but are far from conclusive. This isdue, first of all, to the unexpected scarcity of original sources.When one views the rise of Christianity from its inception tothe period of the Council of Nicaea, 325, its numerical growthfrom a handful of original adherents to millions of followersat the time of the Edict of Milan, 313, its literary developmentfrom early scattered records to the works of the greatGreek and Latin fathers, one cannot help inquiring, “Whathas become of their hymns?”
Another puzzling aspect of the study is the complex historicalbackground against which the progress of Christianityappears. The peace and constructive progress of the Augustanera, in which Christianity was founded, have often beencited as factors contributing to its evolution and spread.But this is not the whole story. The civilization of that day,especially in the eastern Mediterranean lands most concerned,was largely Hellenistic, of mingled Greek and orientalfeatures which were necessarily wrought into the fabric of thenew religion. An understanding of pre-Augustan                         
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