Christopher Idle (other)
Christopher Idle may refer to: * Christopher Idle (hymnwriter) (born 1938), British hymnwriter * Christopher Idle (politician) Christopher Idle (1771 – 8 March 1819) was a British politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis from 1813 to 1818. Idle was born in Penrith, Cumbria, and was elected to parliament in a by-election on 9 June 1813 ...

Christopher Idle (hymnwriter)
Christopher Martin Idle (born 11 September 1938) is a British hymnodist. Idle was born in Bromley, Kent, and studied at Eltham College, St Peter's College, Oxford, and Clifton Theological College, Bristol. He was ordained as a priest in the Church of England in 1965, and is a member of Reform. Idle has written more than three hundred hymns. "Eternal light, shine in my heart" has been included in ''The Hymnal 1982'', '' Together in Song'', and '' Voices United'', while "God, we praise you! God we bless you!" is in ''Christian Worship'', ''Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary The ''Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary'' (''ELH'') is a hymnal created by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod in 1996. The Norwegian heritage of the ELS is evident in this hymnal, although a broader ethnicity is clearly represented. From the indexes l ...'', and '' Together in Song''. Other hymns by Idle include "This earth belongs to God", "Spirit of holiness", "When lawless men succeed", "Freedom and life are ours", ...
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