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ANTIPHONY (Gr. avri, and Owl?, a voice)

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 133 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANTIPHONY (Gr. avri, and See also:Owl?, a See also:voice)  , a See also:species of psalmody in which the See also:choir or See also:congregation, being divided into two parts, sing alternately . The See also:peculiar structure of the See also:Hebrew See also:psalms renders it probable that the antiphonal method originated in the service of the See also:ancient Jewish See also:Church . According to the historian See also:Socrates, its introduction into See also:Christian See also:worship was due to See also:Ignatius (died 115 A.D.), who in a See also:vision had seen the angels singing in alternate choirs . In the Latin Church it was not practised until more than two centuries later, when it was introduced by See also:Ambrose, See also:bishop of See also:Milan, who compiled an antiphonary, or collection of words suitable for antiphonal singing . The antiphonary still in use in the See also:Roman See also:Catholic Church was compiled by See also:Gregory the See also:Great (590 A.D.) .

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