Songs and Hymns of the Earliest Greek Christian Poets

About this book

Allen W. Chatfield's translations of the earliest Greek Christian poets, published in 1876. Chatfield, a Shropshire clergyman and classical scholar, renders hymns by writers such as Clement of Alexandria and Synesius into English verse. The collection lets modern readers hear the church's song in its first centuries, joined to notes on the poets and their works.

Contents

1. Preface
2. Synesius, Bishop of Ptolemaïis
3. Ode 1 🔒
4. Ode 2 🔒
5. Ode 3 🔒
6. Ode 4 🔒
7. Ode 5 🔒
8. Ode 6 🔒
9. Ode 7 🔒
10. Ode 8 🔒
11. Ode 9 🔒
12. Ode 10 🔒
13. Gregory, Bishop of Nazianzus 🔒
14. Hymn to Christ 🔒
15. Hymn to God 🔒
16. Hymn to Christ on Easter Day 🔒
17. To His Own Soul 🔒
18. A Morning Prayer 🔒
19. A Hymn at Night, After Failure to Keep Vow 🔒
20. An Evening Hymn 🔒
21. Admonitory Address to a Virgin 🔒
22. A Psalm 🔒
23. Methodius, Bishop and Martyr 🔒
24. The Virgins' Song 🔒
25. Clement of Alexandria 🔒
26. Hymn to Christ 🔒
27. Postscript 🔒
28. A Morning Hymn 🔒
29. An Evening Hymn 🔒
30. A Hymn at Lamp-Light 🔒
31. A Prayer at Dinner-Time 🔒