Intercessory Prayer and the Monastic Ideal in the Time of the - Carolingian Reform

Zusatztext Choy's is a book that would benefit any historian of the early middle ages, of monasticism, of church history, or of liturgy. Like the prayers of the nuns and monks which the book so perceptively examines, Intercessory Prayer and the Monastic Ideal in the Time of the Carolingian Reforms is a generous gift to our community. Informationen zum Autor Renie S. Choy is Lecturer in Church History at St Mellitus College, London Klappentext This study explores how monasteries fulfilled their particular duty of intercessory prayer in the early Middle Ages. Focusing on the period of Carolingian Church reform, it analyses spiritual goals to which Frankish monastic life aspired and considers how these found reflection in contemporary liturgical practice. Zusammenfassung This study explores how monasteries fulfilled their particular duty of intercessory prayer in the early Middle Ages. Focusing on the period of Carolingian Church reform, it analyses spiritual goals to which Frankish monastic life aspired and considers how these found reflection in contemporary liturgical practice.

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• Authors: Renie S. Choy, Renie S. (Lecturer in Church History Choy, Choy Renie S.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2017
• EAN: 9780198790518
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879051-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs; Oxford Theology and Religion M; Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs; Oxford Theology and Religion M
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Monasticism, RELIGION / Prayerbooks / Christian, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, Christian prayer, Christianity, Christian Churches & denominations, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals, Prayer and prayer books, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Prayers and liturgical material, Religious communities and monasticism, Christian communities & monasticism