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Also Known As hymn tune • hymnody

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Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
Italian Christian theologian and philosopher
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak
founder of Sikhism
St. John Henry Newman
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
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Isaac ben Solomon Luria
Jewish mystic
St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose
bishop of Milan
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William Augustus Muhlenberg
American theologian
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Alice Cary
American poet
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Anna Bartlett Warner
American writer
William Cowper, detail of an oil painting by Lemuel Abbott, 1792; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Cowper
British poet
Engraved portrait of John Newton wearing clerical robes and a white neckband, with curled white hair, facing slightly to the right.
John Newton
English clergyman and writer
Johannes Ewald, engraving by Johan Frederik Clemens, 1779.
Johannes Ewald
Danish poet
Tallis, Thomas
Thomas Tallis
English composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1957, wearing a dark suit and bow tie, with a serious expression and a brick wall in the background.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English composer
Fanny Crosby
Fanny Crosby
American hymn writer
N.F.S. Grundtvig
N.F.S. Grundtvig
Danish bishop and poet
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Saint Ephraem Syrus
Christian theologian
Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley
English clergyman and writer
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George Wither
English writer
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Spanish composer

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