#416: At the Name of Jesus
Dec. 11th, 2018 09:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lutheranhymnsWhen do we commemorate the Name of Jesus?
Occasionally, January 1 (eight days after Christmas, when he was brought to the temple to receive his name).
Don't most people have lots of better things to do on January 1?
Yes, which is perhaps one reason this observance hasn't really caught on.
What are the "thrones and dominations"/"heavenly orders" from verse 2?
Predominantly in Catholicism, there is a belief in different hierarchies of angels, extrapolated from a few weird word choices in the Bible. (Lutherans tend not to put too much stock in this and just go "okay, there are a few angels like Gabriel, they deliver messages from God and tell people to not be afraid, so they must look really weird.")
Is the composer someone I've heard of?
Maybe so! It's Ralph (pronounced "Rafe" Vaughan Williams), who is filed under V in the alphabet, and is a famous-ish British composer/arranger of folk tunes. We'll run into him again later.
Occasionally, January 1 (eight days after Christmas, when he was brought to the temple to receive his name).
Don't most people have lots of better things to do on January 1?
Yes, which is perhaps one reason this observance hasn't really caught on.
What are the "thrones and dominations"/"heavenly orders" from verse 2?
Predominantly in Catholicism, there is a belief in different hierarchies of angels, extrapolated from a few weird word choices in the Bible. (Lutherans tend not to put too much stock in this and just go "okay, there are a few angels like Gabriel, they deliver messages from God and tell people to not be afraid, so they must look really weird.")
Is the composer someone I've heard of?
Maybe so! It's Ralph (pronounced "Rafe" Vaughan Williams), who is filed under V in the alphabet, and is a famous-ish British composer/arranger of folk tunes. We'll run into him again later.
