Sunday's Hymn: Come, Thou Almighty King

Come, thou Almighty King,
Help us thy name to sing,
Help us to praise:
Father, all glorious,
O’er all victorious,
Come, and reign over us,
Ancient of days.

Come, thou Incarnate Word,
Gird on thy mighty sword,
Our prayer attend:
Come and thy people bless,
And give thy Word success;
Spirit of holiness,
On us descend.

Come, Holy Comforter,
Thy sacred witness bear
In this glad hour:
Thou who almighty art,
Now rule in every heart,
And ne’er from us depart,
Spirit of power.

To the great One in Three
Eternal praises be,
Hence evermore.
His sovereign majesty
May we in glory see,
And to eternity
Love and adore.

Other hymns of worship songs for this Sunday:

• Here Is Love at The Happy Wonderer 

Sunday's Hymn: Man of Sorrows

Man of Sorrows! what a name
For the Son of God, who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim:
Hallelujah! what a Saviour!

Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned he stood,
Sealed my pardon with his blood:
Hallelujah! what a Saviour!

Guilty, vile, and helpless, we;
Spotless Lamb of God was he;
Full atonement! can it be?
Hallelujah! what a Saviour!

Lifted up was he to die,
“It is finished!” was his cry:
Now in heav’n exalted high:
Hallelujah! what a Saviour!

When he comes, our glorious King,
All his ransomed home to bring,
Then anew this song we’ll sing:
Hallelujah! what a Saviour! 

—Philip Bliss

Other hymns of worship songs for this Sunday:

• Children of the Heavenly Father at The Happy Wonderer 

Theological Term of the Week: Cappadocian Fathers

Cappadocian fathers
“The great 4th Century fathers Basil of Caesarea (330-79), Gregory of Nyssa (335-94) and Gregory of Nasianzus (330-90).All three were native of the province of Cappadocia in Asia Minor. They were the key figures in the final defeat of Arianism in the Church..”1 

• From 2000 Years of Christ’s Power by N. H. Needham, page 220: 

The Cappadocian father rank alongside Athanasius as the outstanding Eastern theologians of the 4th Century. Their writings and personal influence brought about a final union between the Nicene and Origenist parties. The Cappadocians achieved this by persuading both sides to use a new theological language. The problem centred on two Greek words, hypostasis and ousia. Up till then, these two words had meant much the same thing in the Greek language. This caused great theological confusion, because when the Nicenes said that the Father and Son had one divine nature or essence, they expressed it by saying that Father and Son have one hypostasis. and one ousia. However, when the Origenists said that the Father and Son were two distinct persons, they used exactly the same words, and said that Father and Son were two hypostases and two ousiai.

To get rid of this divisive confusion, the Cappadocians (led by Basil) made two proposals: (i) The word ousia should from now on refer specifically to the one divine nature or essence, as the Nicenes said; but (ii) the word hypostasis should refer specifically to the two distinct persons of Father and Son, as the origenists said.

Learn more:

1. Got Questions: Who were the Cappadocian Fathers?
2. 5 Minutes in Church History: The Three Cappadocians
3. The Center for Baptist Renewal: Meet the Cappadocian Fathers

Related terms:

• Ambrose of Milan
• Athanasius
• Basil of Caesarea
• Gregory of Nanzianzus
• Gregory of Nyssa
• Irenaeus of Lyons
• Justin Martyr
• Origen
• Sabellius
• Tertullian

Filed under Christian History

1From 2000 Years of Christ’s Power by N. R. Needham.

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