Display Title: Come, your hearts and voices raising First Line: Come, your hearts and voices raising Tune Title: QUEM PASTORES Author: Paul Gerhardt, 1607-76 Meter: 888.7 Scripture: Numbers 24; Isaiah 61:1-4; Matthew 1:18-25; Matthew 2:1-12; Luke 2:1-7; Luke 4:18-21; 2 Corinthians 9:15; Philippians 2:5-8 Date: 1999 Subject: Christmas | ; Confidence | ; Epiphany | ; Eternity of God | ; Evil | ; Freedom | ; Jesus Christ | Friend and Companion; Jesus Christ | Incarnation; Joy | ; People of God | ; Pilgrimage | ; Sin | ; Worship | Gathering Source: Tr.: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, alt.
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Paul Gerhardt (b. Gräfenheinichen, Saxony, Germany, 1607; d. Lubben, Germany, 1676), famous author of Lutheran evangelical hymns, studied theology and hymnody at the University of Wittenberg and then was a tutor in Berlin, where he became friends with Johann Crüger. He served the Lutheran parish of Mittenwalde near Berlin (1651-1657) and the great St. Nicholas' Church in Berlin (1657-1666). Friederich William, the Calvinist elector, had issued an edict that forbade the various Protestant groups to fight each other. Although Gerhardt did not want strife between the churches, he refused to comply with the edict because he thought it opposed the Lutheran "Formula of Concord," which condemned some Calvinist doctrines. Consequently, he was r… Go to person page >
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