How Ecclesiology Affects Sacred Musicing—part 4

How Ecclesiology Affects Sacred Musicing—part 4

            So, one’s understanding of ecclesiology will affect how that Christian musician musics unto God.  If Christ is the chief cornerstone of all of a Christian’s musicing, then Christ is preeminent in that musician’s philosophy and praxis of all music used in worship because He owns the whole of music.  The musicer does not have rights but rather responsibilities.  The Christian musician who believes that he or she has musical rights is no longer a servant but an owner of his or her music, and music ministry.  This   ecclesiological view gives the musician control and authority over music and musicing that prevents Christ from having the preeminence over music in His church.

            The ecclesiological window through which a Christian views music will determine who has ownership, who is in charge, who gets the Glory, to whom we music, of the whole of music and specifically sacred music and musicing.  Every Christian must make a decision as to whether his or her music praxis is anthropocentric or Christocentric.  If one’s praxis has the musician at the helm, then that musician’s musicing may be autonomous.  If the musician operates under the presupposition God set music in motion or if it evolved into being than its goals may be anthropocentric because it is the “creation” of human endeavor.