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2 unusual facts about Erfurt Enchiridion


Erfurt Enchiridion

Translations began with Goostly psalms and spiritual songes drawen out of the holy Scripture by Myles Coverdale, the so-called "first English hymn book", which was printed in London in 1555 and contained 16 of the songs from the Enchiridion (1–5, 8, 10, 12–19, 22).

The author of the preface describes the former ecclesiastical chant as "shouting like the priests of Baal in unclear cries" and "cry like the forest-donkeys to a deaf God".



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