Author: Samuel Cooper AustenPublisher:
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Category : Prayers for the dead
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Prayers for the Dead a Universal Practice in the Church
Author: Samuel Cooper AustenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prayers for the dead
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Prayers for the Dead a Universal Practice in the Church
Author: Samuel C. AustenPublisher:
ISBN: 9783337302955
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Practicing Prayer for the Dead
Author: James B. GouldPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498284574
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
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.
Understanding Prayer for the Dead
Author: James B GouldPublisher: Lutterworth Press
ISBN: 0718845994
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Throughout history, Christians have prayed for the dead - both for continual growth of the faithful and for their advancement from purgatory, and sometimes, even, for the deliverance of the unsaved from hell. Understanding Prayer for the Dead 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 B. 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 centre 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.
Praying for the Dead
Author: Robert James Edmund BoggisPublisher:
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Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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An enquiry concerning prayers for the dead
Author: William Harding GirdlestonePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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The Care of the Dead in Late Antiquity
Author: Éric RebillardPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801459168
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
In this provocative book Éric Rebillard challenges many long-held assumptions about early Christian burial customs. For decades scholars of early Christianity have argued that the Church owned and operated burial grounds for Christians as early as the third century. Through a careful reading of primary sources including legal codes, theological works, epigraphical inscriptions, and sermons, Rebillard shows that there is little evidence to suggest that Christians occupied exclusive or isolated burial grounds in this early period. In fact, as late as the fourth and fifth centuries the Church did not impose on the faithful specific rituals for laying the dead to rest. In the preparation of Christians for burial, it was usually next of kin and not representatives of the Church who were responsible for what form of rite would be celebrated, and evidence from inscriptions and tombstones shows that for the most part Christians didn't separate themselves from non-Christians when burying their dead. According to Rebillard it would not be until the early Middle Ages that the Church gained control over burial practices and that "Christian cemeteries" became common. In this translation of Religion et Sépulture: L'église, les vivants et les morts dans l'Antiquité tardive, Rebillard fundamentally changes our understanding of early Christianity. The Care of the Dead in Late Antiquity will force scholars of the period to rethink their assumptions about early Christians as separate from their pagan contemporaries in daily life and ritual practice.
Bibliographical Contributions
Author: Harvard University. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
A List of Works on North American Fungi ...
Author: William Gilson FarlowPublisher:
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Category : Fungi
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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