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Prayer

The lifting of mind and heart to God — in adoration, asking, thanks, and praise

Prayer is the raising of the mind and heart to God, encompassing adoration, petition, thanksgiving, and praise. Christians take the Lord's Prayer, taught by Jesus, as its model and pattern. Early teachers such as Origen, in his treatise On Prayer, and Tertullian reflected deeply on how and why believers pray. At its heart, prayer is communion with God rather than mere recitation of words.

How it traveled

  1. James
    Jerusalem · 62
    applies
  2. Matthew
    Antioch · 80
    explains
  3. Acts
    Rome · 84
    applies
  4. Luke
    Rome · 84
    explains
  5. John
    Ephesus · 100
    explains
  6. On Prayer.
    — · 220
    explains
  7. The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    explains
  8. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    explains
  9. Life of Antony. (Vita Antoni.)
    Alexandria · 373
    explains
  10. The Letters
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
    explains
  11. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen
    Nazianzus · 390
    explains
  12. Select Letters of Saint Gregory Nazianzen
    Nazianzus · 390
    applies
  13. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  14. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  15. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  16. The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  17. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  18. Homilies on Second Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  19. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  20. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  21. The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  22. The Letters of St. Jerome
    Bethlehem · 420
    explains
  23. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  24. The Confessions
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  25. Letters of St. Augustin
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  26. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  27. A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints
    Hippo Regius · 430
    applies
  28. Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  29. The Conferences of John Cassian. Part I. Containing Conferences I-X
    Marseille · 435
    explains
  30. The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret
    Cyrrhus · 458
    applies
  31. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    explains
  32. Selected Epistles of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    applies
  33. Internal Consolation
    Zwolle · 1471
    explains
  34. Thoughts Helpful in the Life of the Soul
    Zwolle · 1471
    applies
  35. Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It
    Geneva · 1564
    explains
  36. Seventeen Occasional Sermons
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    applies
  37. Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  38. Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  39. Narrative of Surprising Conversions
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    applies
  40. Seven Sermons. On Important Subjects
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains

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