(MENAFN- GetNews) At any given moment, somewhere in the world, a congregation is singing one of Charles Wesley's 6,500 hymns. From Hark! The Herald Angels Sing to Love Divine, All Loves Excelling, ...

Music of the church, beginning with hymns and melodies stretched all the way to, and before, the reformation era in the 1500s with composer and theologian Martin Luther, has shaped and the songwriting ...

WASHINGTON — The doctrine committee of the US bishops’ conference (USCCB) earlier this year produced a guide to evaluating the lyrics of hymns on the basis of their doctrinal content, noting that ...

The American flag should remind Christians to pray for leaders in obedience to scripture. As God told the prophet Jeremiah, ...

Members of the Fil-Am Choir from St. Gregory the Great Parish in Virginia Beach, Va., sing the offertory hymn during a Jan. 18, 2020, Mass. The U.S. bishops' doctrine committee, in a forthcoming ...

Humans have sought to understand existence since the earliest times. This quest led to the creation of texts exploring cosmology, morality, and the divine. These ancient texts, often called scriptures ...

It’s hard to find hymns that embody Scripture’s sharp critique of the rich. When Mary came to visit, Elizabeth's child leaped in her womb. Mary's spirit, too, jumped to a higher plane. In the inspired ...

In his teaching, Jesus often quoted the Jewish Scriptures; after his death, his followers turned to them for clues to the meaning of his life and message. Biblical scholar Mark Hamilton discusses the ...