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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... sake ofChrist Jesus ourLord. Amen. Hippolytus. (c. 170–236). In the Apostolic Tradition of St Hippolytus we have a complete eucharistic prayer which would have been used with little variation each time the service was said. He also gives ...
... sake ofChrist Jesus ourLord. Amen. Hippolytus. (c. 170–236). In the Apostolic Tradition of St Hippolytus we have a complete eucharistic prayer which would have been used with little variation each time the service was said. He also gives ...
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... sake. Amen. Jerome (c. 342–420) SaintJerome moved toacave next to that in which Jesus was born in Bethlehem, so that he might immerse himself in the background that Jesus knew, while he translated the Scriptures into Latin, creating ...
... sake. Amen. Jerome (c. 342–420) SaintJerome moved toacave next to that in which Jesus was born in Bethlehem, so that he might immerse himself in the background that Jesus knew, while he translated the Scriptures into Latin, creating ...
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... sake. Amen. Late have I lovedyou,OBeauty so ancient and sonew; latehaveIloved you; for you were within me, and I was outside; I sought you outside and my ugliness fellon those lovely things that you had made. You were with me, and Iwas ...
... sake. Amen. Late have I lovedyou,OBeauty so ancient and sonew; latehaveIloved you; for you were within me, and I was outside; I sought you outside and my ugliness fellon those lovely things that you had made. You were with me, and Iwas ...
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... sake, it would beas nothing. You are myLord, and Iam justclay and ashes, a worthless sinner,who deserves todie thousands upon thousands of deaths. How shall I thank you, who suffered dishonour, insult, mockery, scourging, and death ...
... sake, it would beas nothing. You are myLord, and Iam justclay and ashes, a worthless sinner,who deserves todie thousands upon thousands of deaths. How shall I thank you, who suffered dishonour, insult, mockery, scourging, and death ...
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... sake ... At some ideas you stand perplexed, especially at the sight of men's sins, asking yourself whether to combat it by force or by humble love. Always decide: 'I will combat it by humble love.' If you make up your mind about ...
... sake ... At some ideas you stand perplexed, especially at the sight of men's sins, asking yourself whether to combat it by force or by humble love. Always decide: 'I will combat it by humble love.' If you make up your mind about ...
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