⁴¹J. McKinnon, Music in Early Christian Literature (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986), 132, quotes Sermo contra Auxentium de basilicis tradentis xxxiv; PL xvi, 1017–18, which is an apparent reference to the congregational singing of Ambrose’s hymns: “They also say that the people are led astray by the charms of my hymns. Certainly; I do not deny it. This is a mighty charm, more powerful than any other. For what avails more than the confession of the Trinity, which is proclaimed daily in the mouth of all the people?” This also recalls the backhanded compliment to Luther: “He has damned more people with hymns than with his preaching.”