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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... human argument' for the existence of God: ifallthese people have founded lives of love and goodness, forgiving andbeing forgiven, on their experience of contact with Godin prayer, howcould I presume to say thatthey were deluded? I have ...
... human argument' for the existence of God: ifallthese people have founded lives of love and goodness, forgiving andbeing forgiven, on their experience of contact with Godin prayer, howcould I presume to say thatthey were deluded? I have ...
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The. Background. From the burial customs and cave paintings of the earliest humans it is clear that we have always felt a need to make contact with a power beyond ourselves. There has been a growth and a deepening of Christian prayer over ...
The. Background. From the burial customs and cave paintings of the earliest humans it is clear that we have always felt a need to make contact with a power beyond ourselves. There has been a growth and a deepening of Christian prayer over ...
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... human. He taught that through prayer, Christians might participate in the nature of God: 'The Word is made human sothathuman beings may become gods.' I appeal to you, Lord, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob and Israel, you ...
... human. He taught that through prayer, Christians might participate in the nature of God: 'The Word is made human sothathuman beings may become gods.' I appeal to you, Lord, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob and Israel, you ...
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... human spirit is deified by what it contemplates. Thus by the practice of contemplative prayer he held out the hope that we might become like God. Jesus, my feet are dirty. Come and slave for me; pour your water into your basin and come ...
... human spirit is deified by what it contemplates. Thus by the practice of contemplative prayer he held out the hope that we might become like God. Jesus, my feet are dirty. Come and slave for me; pour your water into your basin and come ...
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... humans withGodunless he istruly God and truly human.He defended thedecision of theCouncil of Niceain 325 that Jesusisof the same substance asthe Father, and forthishe was driven from his diocese intoexile: atonetime it seemed asifthe ...
... humans withGodunless he istruly God and truly human.He defended thedecision of theCouncil of Niceain 325 that Jesusisof the same substance asthe Father, and forthishe was driven from his diocese intoexile: atonetime it seemed asifthe ...
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