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By Matthew Levering

ISBN-10: 0742542505

ISBN-13: 9780742542501

ISBN-10: 0742542513

ISBN-13: 9780742542518

this can be a wealthy, informative, and encouraging compendium of the Christian culture of prayer and contemplation from the earliest days of the Church to the current day. integrated are decisions from St. Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, St. Clement of Rome, St. Gregory of Nyssa, John Cassian, St. Augustine, St. Gregory of Sinai, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Bonaventure, St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the move, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Julian of Norwich, Brother Lawrence, St. Francis de revenues, St. Vincent de Paul, Lancelot Andrewes, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, St. Edith Stein, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Hans Urs von Balthasar and Pope John Paul II.

Levering has chosen readings that seize how Christian saints and religious leaders in the course of the a while have understood what prayer is, why we pray, and the way we pray. the choices additionally combine the japanese Orthodox and Western understandings of prayer and contemplation. The e-book is ideal for research, meditation, and inspiration.

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