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Since prayers exist in a wide variety of content, contexts, forms, and practices, a comprehensive approach to the study of prayer is required. Therefore, this volume includes scholars from a wide range of disciplines, in order to discover the breadth of “real religion” from the first to the fifteenth centuries.
5 Οκτ 2020 · Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to ask, entreat." It forms all or part of: deprecate; deprecation; expostulate; imprecate; imprecation; postulate; pray; prayer; precarious; precatory; prithee.
Etymology Liturgy comes from the Greek word ‘leitourgia’. The word ‘leitourgia’ (λειτουργια) in classical Greek means a function (εργον) undertaken on behalf of the people (λαος). Thus the word originally meant a ‘public work’ or a ‘service in the name of /on behalf of the people’.
The English term prayer is from Medieval Latin: precaria, lit. 'petition, prayer'. [2] The Vulgate Latin is oratio, which translates Greek προσευχή [3] in turn the Septuagint translation of Biblical Hebrew תְּפִלָּה tĕphillah. [4]
30 Νοε 2008 · This volume especially focuses upon the history of Christianity and monasticism, where prayer was the school of hope, faith, and critical thought, awakening the faithful to every aspect of...
26 Νοε 2024 · prayer, an act of communication by humans with the sacred or holy—God, the gods, the transcendent realm, or supernatural powers. Found in all religions in all times, prayer may be a corporate or personal act utilizing various forms and techniques.
theology of prayer is largely neglected in the literature. Instead, the practice of prayer, the power of prayer, the impera-tives of prayer, and the potential of prayer all seem to predominate. It is time to take a different approach; one that will lead to encouragement and greater devotion to the God who is pleased to allow us to
