13. The artistry introduced by Blessed Ephrem added dignity to sacred matters as Theodoretus stresses.[ 27] The metric rhythm, which our saint popularized, was widely propagated both among the Greeks and the Latins.
Haec optimarum artium invitamenta a beato Ephrem inducta, quantum dignitatis sacris peragendis conferrent, utique apud Theodoretum legimus (27); sed idem eo quoque comprobatur, quod metrica illa ratio, quam noster pervulgavit, late cum apud graecos, tum apud latinos, propagata est.vatican.va vatican.va