Spirit and Spiritedness in St. John Damascene`s Octoechos Antiphons / Dan Hoarste.

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Historical Path of Hymnography ........21 Why sing praises to God ............22 The spirit of praise in the old Testament ..........28 The spirit of the New Testament praise ...................34 Hymnography of the christian church .........39 2. Spirited Dogma ..........59 What is a Hymn Sprited dogma - Truth in Melody ...........59 What does a hymn say more than the words .........75 Rendering the Truth Palatable ...........80 3. The Hymnographer and his art .........87 The hymnographer ...........87 His art: The spirit of his Hymn writing ..........102 4. The holy spirit in the damascene ........127 The Damascene`s Sources ........128 5. Hymnographical Pneumatology.......161 Spirit in the Spirit of the Antiphons ...........162 The holy spirit is one of the Holy Trinity .........164 The Holy Spirit has the Same divine rank as the Father and Son .............174 The Spirt is Source of All good things and the Giver of life ..........193 The holy spirit is at the origin of our deification and glorification ...................200 The holy spirit creates communion .................209 In the Spirit of the Damascene ..........219