Explaining The Bible on Instagram: "The oldest known Christian hymn with both words and musical notation is the Oxyrhynchus Hymn (Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1786), discovered in Egypt and dated to the late 3rd century AD (ca. 280–300). Written in ancient Greek on the back of a grain account, it is a short evening hymn praising the Trinity—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—and ends with a solemn “Amen.” Though very brief fragments of earlier Christian songs exist in the New Testament (e.g., Philippians 2:6–1

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