I. History – II. Music – III. Tensions
This term (corresponding to the German concept of Kirchenlied) is used to include hymns, sung psalms, and other related types of song in church use. The church song is a piece in metrical, usually multi-strophe form, sung by a worshiping (Worship) community. This definition needs to be expanded in some cases: first, to include situations outside of worship (e.g. school, family, free assemblies) and individual use in private devotio…