Carmen Saeculare brings to prominence Apollo, functioning as a surrogate for and patron of the princeps (Augustus), for whom a new temple on the Palatine had recently been consecrated. A marble inscription recording the ceremony and the part played by Horace still survives. The "Carmen Saeculare" is the earliest fully preserved lyric poem for which there is definite information about the circumstances of its public performance. The term "secular hymn" has recently been applied to popular music. Carmen Saeculare The Carmen Saeculare (Latin for "Secular Hymn" or "Song of the Ages") is a hymn in Sapphic meter written by the Roman poet
Pauline epistles as it was common to attribute at that point in history. Seven letters (with consensus dates) considered genuine by most scholars: The letters on which scholars are about evenly divided: The letters thought to be pseudepigraphic by about 80% of scholars: Finally, Epistle to the Hebrews, though anonymous and not really in the form of a letter, has long been included among Paul's collected letters, but most scholars now regard it as not written by Paul. Paul's own writings are often thought to indicate several of his letters that have not been preserved: Pauline epistles The Pauline epistles, Epistles of