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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... looks upon the face, but you see the heart. Send your Spirit into my inmost being, to take possession of mysoul and body. Without youI cannot be saved; with you to protect me, I long foryour salvation. And now Iask you for wisdom ...
... looks upon the face, but you see the heart. Send your Spirit into my inmost being, to take possession of mysoul and body. Without youI cannot be saved; with you to protect me, I long foryour salvation. And now Iask you for wisdom ...
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... we stretch out clean hands to you and lay bareour minds, Lord, beforeyou. Havemercy, weprayyou; spare us, be kind tous, improve us; fill us with virtue, faith and knowledge. Look at us, Lord; we bring our weaknesses for.
... we stretch out clean hands to you and lay bareour minds, Lord, beforeyou. Havemercy, weprayyou; spare us, be kind tous, improve us; fill us with virtue, faith and knowledge. Look at us, Lord; we bring our weaknesses for.
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knowledge. Look at us, Lord; we bring our weaknesses for you to see. Be kind and merciful to all of us here gathered together; have pity on this people of yours and show them your favour, make them equitable, temperateandpure; send out ...
knowledge. Look at us, Lord; we bring our weaknesses for you to see. Be kind and merciful to all of us here gathered together; have pity on this people of yours and show them your favour, make them equitable, temperateandpure; send out ...
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... look upon you both more benignly,for ifyou have had so much pity on him, how muchgreater will God's pity beonyou, for Godis infinitely more merciful and more loving thanyou. And hewill forgive him foryour sake ... At some ideas you ...
... look upon you both more benignly,for ifyou have had so much pity on him, how muchgreater will God's pity beonyou, for Godis infinitely more merciful and more loving thanyou. And hewill forgive him foryour sake ... At some ideas you ...
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... look upwards, because my sins reach as high as the heavens. The mere sight of the earth is an accusation to me, because my offences exceed the number ofits inhabitants. Have pity onme, Lord. What will become of me, Lord? How will I.
... look upwards, because my sins reach as high as the heavens. The mere sight of the earth is an accusation to me, because my offences exceed the number ofits inhabitants. Have pity onme, Lord. What will become of me, Lord? How will I.
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