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Although there is no hierarchy in Christian Science, practitioners devote full time to prayer for others on a professional basis, and advertise in an online directory published by the church. [75] [76] Christian Scientists sometimes tell their stories of healing at weekly testimony meetings at local Christian Science churches, or publish them ...
Christian meditation is a form of prayer in which a structured attempt is made to become aware of and reflect upon the revelations of God. [1] The word meditation comes from the Latin word meditārī, which has a range of meanings including to reflect on, to study, and to practice.
The Meditation Center also participates in the virtual Ecumenical Church Congress (Ökumenischer Kirchentag) in May 2021 in Frankfurt am Main. Since 2020, online offerings have supplemented the face-to-face events. In addition, the church is open every day from 5 to 7 p.m. for free meditation.
Affective meditation is a Christian spiritual practice originating in Medieval Europe [1] [2] by which a pilgrim, worshipper, or other follower of Christ seeks to imagine the sights, sounds, tastes, smells, movement, and tactility of specific scenes from canonical Gospels and their characters, with particular emphasis on empathising with the compassion and suffering of Jesus and the joys and ...
Exercitia spiritualia, 1548, first edition by Antonio Bladio (Rome). The Spiritual Exercises (Latin: Exercitia spiritualia), composed 1522–1524, are a set of Christian meditations, contemplations, and prayers written by Ignatius of Loyola, a 16th-century Spanish Catholic priest, theologian, and founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
J.D. King (2017), Regeneration: A Complete History of Healing in the Christian Church Volume Two, Christos Publishing ISBN 0-999-28261-1; K. Lehman (2016) The Immanuel Approach: for Emotional healing and for life. Evanston IL: Immanuel Publishing; Agnes Sanford (1974), The Healing Power of the Bible, Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 0-340-18217-2
Active Meditations for Contemplative Prayer, by Thomas Keating. Continuum International Publishing Group, 1997. ISBN 0-8264-1061-8. Foundations for Centering Prayer and the Christian contemplative life, by Thomas Keating. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN 0-8264-1397-8.
The history and origins of Christian meditation have been intertwined with that of monastic life, both in the East and the West.By the 4th century, groups of Christians, who came to be called the Desert Fathers, had sought God in the deserts of Palestine and Egypt, and began to become an early model of monastic Christian life.