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- From Ancient Greek ὑμνογράφος (humnographos) + -er. (Wiktionary)
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“Emesa was the birthplace of the philosopher Longinus (c. a.d. 210), the friend of Queen Zenobia, and St. Romanos, the great Byzantine hymnographer (in the sixth century).”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
“In this expanded form the legend is first found in a hymn (canon) of the Greek hymnographer”
“A learned Jesuit hymnographer and patrologist, born 23 July, 1747. at”
“The following Canon is ascribed to S. Theodore of the Studium, though Baronius has thought that it cannot be his, because it implies that peace was restored to the Church, whereas that hymnographer died while the persecution still continued.”
“Its first writer, indeed, died shortly after the commencement of that stormy age, and took no share in its Councils or sufferings; while the last hymnographer who bore a part in its proceedings, S. Joseph of the Studium, belongs to the decline of his art.”
“Instead, there is a constant wonderment at the Scriptures themselves, as if the hymnographer were discovering something for the first time or had found a rare gem to share to any willing to listen - and all in the form of praise and thanksgiving to God.”
“Modern critics might race to cry "foul" (no pun intended), but the ancient hymnographer has come closer to the heart of Scripture than either the modern sceptic or the modern literalist will ever know.”
“Listening to the hymnody for the Vigil of Palm Sunday, the hymnographer, without apology for the discrepancy, races to it and declares:”
“pontifical hymnographer"; he was made theologian of the”
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