Antiphon \(in the Greek Church\)

Antiphon \(in the Greek Church\)
Antiphon \(in the Greek Church\)
Socrates, the church historian (Hist. Eccl., VI, viii), says that St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, the third in succession from St. Peter in that see, once had a vision of angels singing the praises of the Trinity in alternating hymns, and remembering the vision, gave this form of singing to the Church of Antioch

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