Summary

This session considered what we can learn from the early Christians about dealing with musical problems in the midst of a pagan culture.

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The early Christian era is so distant from us, yet early Christians faced problems that are remarkably similar to ours.

Presented at the 2007 Calvin Symposium on Worship.

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