Jan Chryzostom o śpiewie i muzyce. Zarys problematyki

• Authors: Piotr Szczur

Title variants

EN

John Chrysostom about singing and music. Outline of the problem

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article has been divided into three parts. The first part discusses the im­portance of singing and music in Jewish and Christian traditions; the second part discusses Chrysostom’s observations on singing and secular music (a lot of space is devoted to criticizing the obscene songs) and Jewish; the last part of the article is devoted to Christian singing. John Chrysostom attributed the great importance of singing and music and pointed to their various positive functions and actions. However, he criticized apotropaic and convivial songs, and theatrical and wedding songs as well. He also spoke negatively about Jewish songs and music. Chrysostom encouraged to introduce the repertoire of Christian songs to every dimension of hu­man existence. It had several goals: 1) to raise moral values of Christians’ life, who should avoid singing or listening to obscene theatrical songs; 2) to resist the strong influence of Judaism on a significant part of Christians in Antioch; 3) to establish the repertoire of Christian songs that would be sung for the glory of God.

Keywords

PL

Jan Chryzostom; śpiew; muzyka; judaizanci

EN

John Chrysostom; singing; music; judaizers

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Vox Patrum
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 67
• Pages: 599-618

Dates

published

2018-12-16

Contributors

author

Piotr Szczur

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/vp.3417