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At War in Prayer
The History of the Practice of the Arrow Prayer
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2020
Summary
The practice of continuous prayer has been known in the Christian church as early as the second century CE, well before the beginning of Christian monasticism. One of the ways early Christians practiced continuous prayer was through the repetition of short bible verses throughout the day. While this mode of prayer did not have any specific name until the twentieth century, its practice has always been characterized by the imagery of warfare and, more specifically, the use of arrows. It was probably this that gave rise to its name, the Arrow Prayer, on account of its brevity and its use to attack evil thoughts. However, most research on continuous prayer only focuses on the Jesus Prayer. In this book, Fr. Anthony St. Shenouda scrutinizes this conclusion by examining the sources that attest to any practice of continuous prayer, and the cultural backdrop that gave rise to these practices. Ultimately, he argues that the tradition of the Arrow Prayer is much older than the Jesus Prayer, and that it is the parent tradition out of which the Jesus Prayer arose.
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2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-9787-0981-2
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978-1-9787-0982-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
108
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Contents No access
Foreword No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1 An Arrow Shot from the Saint No access Pages 1 - 8
Chapter 2 Give Me a Word that I Might Live No access Pages 9 - 18
Chapter 3 There Shall Be No One in the Monastery Who Does Not Learn to Read No access Pages 19 - 26
Chapter 4 Blessed Are Those Who Hold His Commands in Memory No access Pages 27 - 34
Chapter 5 Meditates Day and Night on the Law of the Lord No access Pages 35 - 46
Chapter 6 Whatever You Do, Do It According to the Testimony of the Scripture No access Pages 47 - 56
