Purification Prayer

Author : James B. Gould
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498284561

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Practicing Prayer for the Dead by James B. Gould Pdf

Throughout history Christians have prayed for the dead. This book challenges Protestants, who seldom pray for the dead, to begin doing so, and Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, who pray only for the Christian dead, to include the unsaved as well. Gould discusses the meaning of prayer for final consummation of all things, growth of the blessed in heaven, purification of the imperfect in purgatory, and salvation of the unsaved in hell--identifying the necessary conception of the afterlife required by each particular prayer. He also reflects on the spiritual value of prayer for the departed--how it enhances faith, builds hope, and sharpens discipleship--and provides some sample prayers for public liturgy and private devotion. In essence, Practicing Prayer for the Dead offers an outline of theology from the perspective of death, arguing that prayer for all the departed is one aspect of a tightly knit web of doctrines. The argument, while revisionary in some respects, is orthodox, ecumenical, and integrative, engaging a range of academic disciplines so as to be biblically accurate, historically informed, and philosophically reasoned.

Author : P. Rieder
Publisher : Springer
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137050144

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On the Purification of Women by P. Rieder Pdf

This book is a social history of the ritual and custom of churching, a liturgical rite of purification after childbirth performed on a woman's first visit to church after giving birth. The book describes the development of the rite from its original meaning as a response to blood pollution to its redefinition as a rite that honoured marriage.

Author : James B. Gould
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532606014

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Understanding Prayer for the Dead by James B. Gould Pdf

Throughout history Christians have prayed for the dead--both for continual growth of the faithful and for their advancement from purgatory, though not for the deliverance of the unsaved from hell. This book defends all three kinds of prayer. It challenges Protestants, who seldom pray for the dead, to begin doing so--and Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, who pray only for the Christian dead, to include the unsaved as well. James Gould addresses the biblical credentials of prayer for the dead and provides a historical overview of such prayers from ancient Christianity to the current practice of the three main branches of the church. He also discusses the logical assumptions prayer for the dead requires--that prayer is effective, that the dead are conscious, and that the afterlife involves change--and lays out a theological framework for such prayers. Prayer for the departed raises the most basic of theological questions, matters that go to the center of God's purpose in creating spiritual beings and redeeming sinful humankind. The argument, while revisionary in some respects, is orthodox, ecumenical, and integrative, engaging a range of academic disciplines so as to be biblically accurate, historically informed, and philosophically reasoned.

Author : ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn ʻAbd Allāh Ibn Baz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fatwas
ISBN : UOM:39015056803458

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فتاوى إسلامية: Purification and prayer by ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn ʻAbd Allāh Ibn Baz Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1594861307

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The Purification Plan by Anonim Pdf

The Purification Plan offer an exclusive 7-day program that is your passport to a less toxic lifestyle. The fact is, toxins are everywhere around you--in the air you breathe, the foods you eat, the personal-care products you use, even the matress you sleep on. Though you may not be able to avoid all toxins, you can protect yourself from their harmful effects.

Author : ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn ʻAbd Allāh Ibn Bāz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fatwas
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026372867

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Fatāwá Islāmīyah: Purification and prayer by ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn ʻAbd Allāh Ibn Bāz Pdf

Author : Don Miguel Ruiz,Janet Mills
Publisher : Amber-Allen Publishing
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-09
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781934408346

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The Circle of Fire by Don Miguel Ruiz,Janet Mills Pdf

In The Circle of Fire (formerly published as Prayers: A Communion With Our Creator) Ruiz inspires us to enter into a new and loving relationship with ourselves, with our fellow humans, and with all of creation. Through a selection of beautiful essays, prayers, and guided meditations, Ruiz prepares our minds for a new way of seeing life, and opens our hearts to find our way back to our birthright: heaven on earth. The result is a life lived in joy, harmony, and contentment. In my teachings, "The Circle of Fire" ceremony celebrates the most important day of our lives: the day when we merge with the fire of our spirit, and return to our own divinity. This is the day when we recover the awareness of what we really are, and make the choice to live in communion with that force of creation we call "Life" or "God." From that day forward, we live with unconditional love in our hearts for ourselves, for life, for everything in creation. This book, first published in 2001 as "Prayers: A Communion with Our Creator," will remind you of what you really are. It has always been my favorite book, and now in honor of my favorite prayer, it has been appropriately renamed "The Circle of Fire." -- don Miguel Ruiz

Author : Joo Lian Carter
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-29
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781469196466

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Purification Practice by Joo Lian Carter Pdf

Purification Practice is woven to create realisation and awareness that may enthuse a large number of individuals to seek a deeper understanding of what they are, who they are and what is their true purpose in this world. It presents a wise and holy approach to achieving wholeness and become worthy of God's grace, to living in the Word of God. Filled with inspirations, Poems and Bible quotes, the book aims to open both the readers' hearts and minds to the spiritual truths that will guide them through their journey to their ultimate God-given destiny. It is essential to have quality relationship first within ourselves and then with God and others to learn lessons to evolve our souls and spirit because happiness depends on our spiritual maturity, soul growth, faith, and holiness. It is imperative that we are spiritually conscious and realise how powerless we are against the divine power of God. The need to be empowered by the Holy Spirit and to prepare with faith and hope spiritually for that time of Christ's return is even more crucial now than ever in history. Through this book, readers will find enlightenment and wisdom that will allow them to purify themselves and learn how to embrace the love of God and Jesus-allowing the divine power to rule in their mind, heart and soul until eternity.

Author : Angelika Berlejung
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161600340

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Divine Secrets and Human Imaginations by Angelika Berlejung Pdf

The articles in this volume of collected essays, written over the last two decades and all revised, updated, and supplemented with unpublished material, are grouped around two themes: Divine Secrets and Human Imaginations. The first essays deal with the production, initiation, use and function, the abduction, repatriation, and the replacement of divine images, their outer appearance, and the many facets of the divine presence theology in Ancient Mesopotamia. The essays on the second topic deal with human imaginations, human constructs, and constructed memories, which assign meaning to the past or to things or experiences that are beyond human control. Thematically, several aspects of the human condition are examined, such as the ideas associated in the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East with death, corporeality, enemies, disasters, utopias, and passionate love.

Author : Yoko Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136874291

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Tsumi - Offence and Retribution in Early Japan by Yoko Williams Pdf

Covering the period from before the emergence of the first political units through to the formation of the Japanese ritsuryo state in the 8th century, this book offers a ground-breaking scholarly diachronic analysis of tsumi (offence and retribution) from a politico-historical perspective. Taking as its starting point the native forms of tsumi in the realms of myth and prayer, the study traces their development through the periods of the formation of the state and the centralization of the governing structure, to the introduction of a written-law system of governing. Through detailed and logical analysis this study illuminates early Japanese political thought, written and unwritten law and the essentially political notion of tsumi.

Author : John Eldredge
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780718037666

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Moving Mountains by John Eldredge Pdf

New York Times best-selling author of Wild at Heart John Eldredge offers readers a step-by-step guide to effective Christian prayer. How would it feel to enter into prayer with confidence and assurance—certain that God heard you and that your prayers would make a difference? It would likely feel amazing and unfamiliar. That’s because often our prayers seem to be met with silence or don’t appear to change anything. Either response can lead to disappointment or even despair in the face of our ongoing battles and unmet longings—especially when we don’t know if we’re doing something wrong or if some prayers just don’t work. New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge confronts these issues directly in Moving Mountains by offering a hopeful approach to prayer that is effective, relational, and rarely experienced by most Christians. In a world filled with danger, adventure, and wonder, we have at our disposal prayers that can transform the events and issues that matter most to us and to God. Moving Mountains shows you how to experience the power of daily prayer, learn the major types of prayers—including those of intervention, consecration, warfare, and healing—and to discover the intimacy of the cry of the heart prayer, listening prayer, and praying Scripture. Things can be different, and you personally have a role to play with God in bringing about that change through prayer. It may sound too good to be true, but this is your invitation to engage in the kind of prayers that can move God's heart as well as the mountains before you. Moving Mountains is also available in Spanish, Mueve montañas. To dive deeper into the Moving Mountains message, the Moving Mountains study guide and video study are available now.

Author : Ambrose Mong
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227904169

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Purification of Memory by Ambrose Mong Pdf

Although its various bodies boast a combined total of at least 300 million members, the Eastern Orthodox Church is widely perceived among members of other denominations to be an exotic branch of the faith, often shrouded in mysticism and misunderstandingthat has been exacerbated by the longstanding Eastern-Western split. In 'Purification of Memory', Ambrose Mong casts light on the true nature of Orthodox theology, illuminating the thinking of eight distinguished modern Orthodox theologians who have madeimportant contributions on topics as ecclesiology, ecumenism, Christology, and Mariology. Approaching the work of John Meyendorff, Nicholas Afanasiev, John Zizioulas, Georges Florovsky, Sergius Bulgakov, Vladimir Lossky, Nicolas Berdyaev, and Jaroslav Pelikan from an ecumenical standpoint, Mong deftly draws comparisons with the theology of their Roman Catholic counterparts to reveal points on which the two traditions have much more in common than either side will always admit. The author interweaves these comparisons with a fascinating exposition of the history of the schism between the Eastern and Western Churches to demonstrate decisively that in spite of the bitter mistrust dividing them, they share a common heritage which could, and should, serve as a basis for reunification. Before old wounds can mend, however, a healing process of forgetting, characterized by Pope John Paul II as a 'purification of memory', must take place to clear the path towards a long-awaited return to unity.

Author : Jacques Philippe
Publisher : Scepter Publishers
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781594172120

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Thirsting for Prayer by Jacques Philippe Pdf

"What the world most needs today is prayer. It is prayer that will give birth to all the renewals, healings, deep and fruitful transformations we all want for society today.... I am more and more convinced that everything comes from prayer and that, among the calls of the Spirit, this is the first and most urgent one we should respond to." Many have already benefited from Fr. Jacques’ best-selling book on prayer, Time for God. In Thirsting for Prayer, Fr. Jacques revisits some of the themes covered in that book and develops new insights that are both profound and practical. These reflections guide us with simplicity on the path to intimacy with God, helping us to develop an actual taste for personal prayer. This "school of prayer" opens us up to the encounter with God that transforms us from within. View Fr. Jacques Philippe's website and App (www.frjacquesphilippe.com)

Author : Gerhard Marcel Martin,Katja Triplett
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567275165

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Purification by Gerhard Marcel Martin,Katja Triplett Pdf

In the religions of the world, there is strongemphasis on the practice of "purification" for the religious transformation ofmind and body in connection with achieving such ultimate objectives asenlightenment and salvation. The contributors discuss the great diversity offorms and meanings with respect to religious transformation in their respectivefields of research. While invoking earlier debates within the study ofreligions and theology on the topic of "purification" the studies in thisvolume penetrate further into the meaning and structure of religioustransformation of mind and body in the religions of the world and opencomparative perspectives on this topic.

Author : Cynthia L. Shattuck
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195297560

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The Oxford Guide to The Book of Common Prayer by Cynthia L. Shattuck Pdf

This is a survey of the history of the 'Book of Common Prayer', and its descendants throughout the world. The guide shows how a classic text for worship and devotion has become the progenitor of an entire family of religious resources that have had an influence far beyond their use in Anglican churches.