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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... serve you by preaching and to show an ignorant world or a protesting heretic what you are: the Father, the Father whose only Son is God. But in saying this, I am merely saying what I want to do. If Iam actually todoit, I must ask you ...
... serve you by preaching and to show an ignorant world or a protesting heretic what you are: the Father, the Father whose only Son is God. But in saying this, I am merely saying what I want to do. If Iam actually todoit, I must ask you ...
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... serve you;grant us soto know you that we may trulylove you, so to love you that we may fullyserve you, whom toserve is perfect freedom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Grant tousyour servants thatwe may have, toour God, a heartof ...
... serve you;grant us soto know you that we may trulylove you, so to love you that we may fullyserve you, whom toserve is perfect freedom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Grant tousyour servants thatwe may have, toour God, a heartof ...
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... serve, that as many of them as read these confessions may remember at your altar Monica, your handmaid, together with Patricius, her husband, through whom I was physically born into this world . . . In this way my mother's last request ...
... serve, that as many of them as read these confessions may remember at your altar Monica, your handmaid, together with Patricius, her husband, through whom I was physically born into this world . . . In this way my mother's last request ...
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... served for the remainder of his life. He became famous for his passionate preaching and hisholy celebrationofthe liturgy,forhis practical activity in finding work for the poor, and for his ministryof healing. So many people wanted him ...
... served for the remainder of his life. He became famous for his passionate preaching and hisholy celebrationofthe liturgy,forhis practical activity in finding work for the poor, and for his ministryof healing. So many people wanted him ...
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... serve you. We desire to dwell underyour power, for you are the King of all. Amen. Lord God almighty, Ipray you for yourgreat mercy, andbythe tokenof the holy rood, guidemeto your will, tomy soul's need, better thanIcan myself; and ...
... serve you. We desire to dwell underyour power, for you are the King of all. Amen. Lord God almighty, Ipray you for yourgreat mercy, andbythe tokenof the holy rood, guidemeto your will, tomy soul's need, better thanIcan myself; and ...
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