Origen on Prayer

About this book

The earliest surviving treatise devoted wholly to prayer, written by Origen of Alexandria in the third century. Origen asks what prayer is, why it is fitting to pray to the God who knows all things, and how the petitions of the Lord's Prayer are to be understood. A window into the devotion of the early church from one of its most influential teachers.

Contents

1. Chapter I. Introduction.
2. Chapter II. Scriptural Uses Of The General Words For Prayer.
3. Chapter III. Objections To Prayer. 🔒
4. Chapter IV. Answer To Objections: Man’s Freewill And God’s Foreknowledge. 🔒
5. Chapter V. Answer To Objections: Conditions Necessary To Prayer. 🔒
6. Chapter VI. Answer To Objections: He Who Prays Prays Not Alone. 🔒
7. Chapter VII. Answer To Objections: The True Place Of Prayer In Man’s Life. 🔒
8. Chapter VIII. Answer To Objections: Signal Instances Of Prayer. 🔒
9. Chapter IX. The Content Of Prayer: Its Four Moods. 🔒
10. Chapter X. The Recipient Of Prayer In Its Four Moods. 🔒
11. Chapter XI. The Objects Of Prayer. 🔒
12. Chapter XII. The Lord’s Prayer: The Preface In Matthew. 🔒
13. Chapter XIII. The Lord’s Prayer—Our Father In Heaven. 🔒
14. Chapter XIV. Hallowed Be They Name. 🔒
15. Chapter XV. Thy Kingdom Come. 🔒
16. Chapter XVI. Thy Will Be Done On Earth Also As In Heaven. 🔒
17. Chapter XVII. Give Us Today Our Needful Bread. 🔒
18. Chapter XVIII. And Forgive Us Our Debts As We Also Have Forgiven Our Debtors. 🔒
19. Chapter XIX. And Bring Us Not Into Temptation But Deliver Us From Evil. 🔒
20. Chapter XX. Formalities of Prayer: Conclusion. 🔒