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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... rest. I shall no longer have to live in this world and see my people suffering, your churches destroyed, your altars overthrown, your devoted clergy everywhere persecuted, the weakdefiled, thelukewarm turned from the truth, and my flock ...
... rest. I shall no longer have to live in this world and see my people suffering, your churches destroyed, your altars overthrown, your devoted clergy everywhere persecuted, the weakdefiled, thelukewarm turned from the truth, and my flock ...
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... rest in you, for you, Anointed, are theOil that is toanointus. The grief in my heart will be forgotten when Idrink of you, theChalice of our salvation. The tears in my eyes you will wipe away, O Joy, O Consolation.' Before his martyrdom ...
... rest in you, for you, Anointed, are theOil that is toanointus. The grief in my heart will be forgotten when Idrink of you, theChalice of our salvation. The tears in my eyes you will wipe away, O Joy, O Consolation.' Before his martyrdom ...
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... rest I buy food. And he who finds the two coins outside the door prays for me while I eat and sleep. And sobythe helpof GodIpray without ceasing.'20 An abba used to say, 'Do not pose as learned people in the wording of your prayer for ...
... rest I buy food. And he who finds the two coins outside the door prays for me while I eat and sleep. And sobythe helpof GodIpray without ceasing.'20 An abba used to say, 'Do not pose as learned people in the wording of your prayer for ...
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... rest in you; grant us purity of heart and strength of purpose, that no passion may hinder usfrom knowing your will, no weakness fromdoing it; butin your light may we seelight clearly, and in yourservice findperfect freedom; through ...
... rest in you; grant us purity of heart and strength of purpose, that no passion may hinder usfrom knowing your will, no weakness fromdoing it; butin your light may we seelight clearly, and in yourservice findperfect freedom; through ...
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... rest inthe peaceof God, the peaceof utter tranquillity, through our Lord, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen. Adapted from the Sermon on the Beatitudes John Cassian (c. 360–435) Cassian ...
... rest inthe peaceof God, the peaceof utter tranquillity, through our Lord, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen. Adapted from the Sermon on the Beatitudes John Cassian (c. 360–435) Cassian ...
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