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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... suffering to bring them resurrection to imperishable and eternallifeof soul and body in the Holy Spirit. Receiveme intoyour presence today,as a valuable and acceptable sacrifice, as youhave already toldme Iwouldbe, dependable and true ...
... suffering to bring them resurrection to imperishable and eternallifeof soul and body in the Holy Spirit. Receiveme intoyour presence today,as a valuable and acceptable sacrifice, as youhave already toldme Iwouldbe, dependable and true ...
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... suffering, to release from suffering those who place their hope in you, and so he won foryou a holy people. Ofhis own free choice he was handed overtohis passion in order to makean end ofdeath and to shatter the chains of theevilone; to ...
... suffering, to release from suffering those who place their hope in you, and so he won foryou a holy people. Ofhis own free choice he was handed overtohis passion in order to makean end ofdeath and to shatter the chains of theevilone; to ...
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... suffering, your churches destroyed, your altars overthrown, your devoted clergy everywhere persecuted, the weakdefiled, thelukewarm turned from the truth, and my flock that was so large reduced at the time of testing to a handful. I ...
... suffering, your churches destroyed, your altars overthrown, your devoted clergy everywhere persecuted, the weakdefiled, thelukewarm turned from the truth, and my flock that was so large reduced at the time of testing to a handful. I ...
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... suffer, whogrieve, who are pained. Itmakes grace multiplyin power, so that faith mayknowwhat it obtains fromthe Lord, while it understands what for God's name'ssake it is suffering . . . Itwas Christ's wish for it towork no evil:he has ...
... suffer, whogrieve, who are pained. Itmakes grace multiplyin power, so that faith mayknowwhat it obtains fromthe Lord, while it understands what for God's name'ssake it is suffering . . . Itwas Christ's wish for it towork no evil:he has ...
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... suffering; pity those who are afflicted; shield those who are joyous; and all, for your love's 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 ...
... suffering; pity those who are afflicted; shield those who are joyous; and all, for your love's 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 ...
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