2000 Years of PrayerThe most extensive collection of Christian prayers available is now in paperback. Tracing two thousand years of Christian spirituality, it contains prayers from every era, every continent and every tradition. This extraordinary anthology provides a compelling and comprehensive portrait of the ways in which men and women have expressed their longing for God through the centuries. Arranged chronologically, 2000 Years of Prayer covers every significant era of Christian experience: prayers from the early church in East and West, the Coptic Church, Celtic traditions, medieval and monastic spirituality, Italian spiritual writers, Teutonic mysticism, the Protestant Reformation, English Roman Catholics, the Puritans, Pietist, Pentecostal and Charismatic movements, and much more. A brief introduction to each chapter outlines the defining spiritual characteristics of the age and traces the development of our understanding of prayer. Biographies of authors whose prayers are included, as well as an index of authors, themes, and subjects, are included. |
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... Father whoisin secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think thatthey will be heardbecauseof their many words. Do not belikethem, for ...
... Father whoisin secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think thatthey will be heardbecauseof their many words. Do not belikethem, for ...
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... Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyoneto whom the Son chooses to reveal him.' Matthew 11:25;cf. Luke 10:21 'Now my soul is troubled. And what should Isay – “Father, save me from thishour”? No, it is forthis reason ...
... Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyoneto whom the Son chooses to reveal him.' Matthew 11:25;cf. Luke 10:21 'Now my soul is troubled. And what should Isay – “Father, save me from thishour”? No, it is forthis reason ...
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... Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so thatthey may beone, aswe are one. While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you have given me. I guarded them,and not oneof them was lost except the one ...
... Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so thatthey may beone, aswe are one. While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you have given me. I guarded them,and not oneof them was lost except the one ...
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... Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink When they heard it, they raised their voices together to. it,your. willbe. done.' Matthew 26:39; cf. Mark14:36; Luke22:40 His disciples asked Jesus, 'Teach usto pray,' and he responded with the ...
... Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink When they heard it, they raised their voices together to. it,your. willbe. done.' Matthew 26:39; cf. Mark14:36; Luke22:40 His disciples asked Jesus, 'Teach usto pray,' and he responded with the ...
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... Father who raised him from the dead. FromThe Letter to the Philippians 12 In the stadium the magistrate tried to persuade him: 'Swear by Caesar as a God and I will release you, curse this Christ.' Polycarp replied, 'I have been his ...
... Father who raised him from the dead. FromThe Letter to the Philippians 12 In the stadium the magistrate tried to persuade him: 'Swear by Caesar as a God and I will release you, curse this Christ.' Polycarp replied, 'I have been his ...
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