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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... the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, we have learnt from each other and from the Scriptures. It is all based on the teaching and example of Jesus in the Gospels. But Jesus was a Jew, and his life of prayer had firm foundations in the ...
... the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, we have learnt from each other and from the Scriptures. It is all based on the teaching and example of Jesus in the Gospels. But Jesus was a Jew, and his life of prayer had firm foundations in the ...
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... in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues ... of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God.
... in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues ... of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God.
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On Sundays there is an assembly of all who live in towns or in the country, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read for as long as time allows. Then the reading is brought to an end, and the president ...
On Sundays there is an assembly of all who live in towns or in the country, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read for as long as time allows. Then the reading is brought to an end, and the president ...
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were my friends for a while taken from me by persecution, at the very time when the killers are snapping their fingers at our people and lording it over them. Yet I mean to persevere in my vocation like a hero and to walk bravely along ...
were my friends for a while taken from me by persecution, at the very time when the killers are snapping their fingers at our people and lording it over them. Yet I mean to persevere in my vocation like a hero and to walk bravely along ...
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... to him through the Gospel read in Church: 'If you want to be perfect, go and sellallyou have and give the proceeds to the poor. Take up your cross and follow me.'So Antony gave away all his The Sayings of the Desert Fathers It wasnot ...
... to him through the Gospel read in Church: 'If you want to be perfect, go and sellallyou have and give the proceeds to the poor. Take up your cross and follow me.'So Antony gave away all his The Sayings of the Desert Fathers It wasnot ...
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