Prymer: The Prayer Book of the Medieval Era Adapted for Contemporary Use - Hardcover
Developed over a period of 400 years, The Prymer functioned as the primary source for lay spirituality in the Middle Ages. Also known as The Little Book of Hours, The Prymer orders personal & communal spirituality around the daily office of morning & evening prayers; throughout the day it focuses on the hours of Christ's passion & death. It also includes prayers developed in the medieval era to deal with death & life's hardships. This spiritual classic has been translated, adapted & designed for personal or communal use in a one-day retreat, a weekly cycle, or a 30-day cycle of prayer. Additional prayers for the Christmas & Easter seasons allow The Prymer to also function as a source of personal or congregational spirituality throughout the year.
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From the Author:
"I became interested in reading pre-Reformation Spirituality because it has many similarities to my field of teaching in the history of theology. Some time ago I became interested in liturgy because I discovered it was a way of handing down the Christian Narrative from which our theology derives. I've since discovered the same about spirituality. Spirituality is reflection and identification with Christ. The Prymer brings liturgy and spirituality together in a unique way. The prayers focus on God's saving events in time so that our entire day is lifted into the cycle of creation, incarnation, re-creation. In this way the Prymer prayers lead us into a sanctification of time that results in a new way of "seeing" all of life."
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Developed over a period of four hundred years, The Prymer functioned as the primary source for lay spirituality in the Middle Ages. Nearly all those who could read had their own personal copy, often beautifully decorated and bound.
Also known as the Little Book of Hours, The Prymer orders personal and communal spirituality around the daily office of morning and evening prayers; throughout the day it focuses on the hours of Christ's passion and death. The Prymer also includes prayers developed in the medieval era to deal with death and the myriad of life's hardships.
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- PublisherDiane Pub Co
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0756767342
- ISBN 13 9780756767341
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages172
- EditorRobert E. Webber
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