Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249).
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[Part 1], The hymn : Beginnings and forms -- What hymns are -- Hymns and the Bible -- The odes of Solomon and the early Christians -- A note on the Byzantine hymn -- [Part 2], The myth in medieval Christendom -- "Creator of all things" : God the father -- The coming of Christ -- The heart of the myth : Christ crucified and risen -- The testament of the Spirit -- The four last things -- [Part 3], The myth and the Reformation -- The Father returns -- Christ applied -- How the end of things appeared -- [Part 4], Modern hymns : the mutations of God -- The Father -- The Messiah -- The Holy Spirit -- Convergence and cleavage.