How Thomas Aquinas Defines A Hymn

  “Hymnus est laus Dei cum cantico; canticum autem exultatio mentis de aeternis habita, prorumpens in vocem.” Translation: “A hymn is the praise of God with song; a song is...

 

“Hymnus est laus Dei cum cantico; canticum autem exultatio mentis de aeternis habita, prorumpens in vocem.”

Translation: “A hymn is the praise of God with song; a song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.”

-Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)

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