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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The history of the “Jesus Prayer”-a technical term in Byzantine spirituality which designates the invocation of the name Jesus whether alone or inserted into a more or less extended formula-has yet to be recounted in a compre- hensive way although there are various studies on points of detail. We make no claim here to provide an exhaustive historical account; we should only like to indicate certain stages in the development of the Prayer. The subject has an interest that is more than purely historical. While the practice of the Prayer goes back to early times it still remains very much alive today in the Christian East. It is not generally mentioned in standard treatises on the “ways of prayer and yet it is more ancient and more widespread than the methods analyzed in the classic manuals. A Romanian writer N. Crainic has written that the Jesus Prayer is the “heart of Orthodoxy.” The Uniates also use it; Latins have taken an interest in it; there are Anglicans and Protestants of our day who fervently follow this method of prayer; it is our common patrimony. More than a private devotion it borders on the realm of liturgy and even penetrates it. Its implications and possibilities deserve careful attention. May this publication help to attract even a few persons to the practice of it. (LL)