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The Church Fathers · c. 367
Letter to Marcellinus on the Psalms
Athanasius of Alexandria · c. 296–373
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What it is
Advice on how to use the psalter, arguing that the psalms are unique in scripture because in reading them you speak the words as your own.
Why it lasted
The classic statement of why Christians pray the psalms rather than merely study them, quoted in almost every later book on the psalter.
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Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
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