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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... thatI havecome tothis hour. Father, glorify yourname.' John12:27 So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said,'Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have saidthis for thesake of ...
... thatI havecome tothis hour. Father, glorify yourname.' John12:27 So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said,'Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have saidthis for thesake of ...
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... thatI am dying for God of my own free will – that is, if you don't interfere. Please, please don't make a misguided attempt to do me a kindness. Letmebe fodder for the wild beasts –that's howIcan come to God.I am God'swheat, and the ...
... thatI am dying for God of my own free will – that is, if you don't interfere. Please, please don't make a misguided attempt to do me a kindness. Letmebe fodder for the wild beasts –that's howIcan come to God.I am God'swheat, and the ...
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... thatI shall still bean exampleto allyour people inthe east. Ihavehad thefirst placeat table, I will have the firstplace too when it comes todying; I will be thefirstto give my blood. Then with my brethren I shallenter on that life in ...
... thatI shall still bean exampleto allyour people inthe east. Ihavehad thefirst placeat table, I will have the firstplace too when it comes todying; I will be thefirstto give my blood. Then with my brethren I shallenter on that life in ...
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... thatI,asinner,may sin no more. Lord, I believe that though I do not deserveit,you can cleanse me from all my sins. Lord, I know that man looks upon the face, but you see the heart. Send your Spirit into my inmost being, to take ...
... thatI,asinner,may sin no more. Lord, I believe that though I do not deserveit,you can cleanse me from all my sins. Lord, I know that man looks upon the face, but you see the heart. Send your Spirit into my inmost being, to take ...
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... thatI was saying the Prayer.And duringthe dayifI happened to meet anyone, all men without exception were asdear tomeas ifthey had been my nearest relations. But I did not concern myself with them much. All my ideas were quite calmed of ...
... thatI was saying the Prayer.And duringthe dayifI happened to meet anyone, all men without exception were asdear tomeas ifthey had been my nearest relations. But I did not concern myself with them much. All my ideas were quite calmed of ...
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