The Name of Jesus: The Names of Jesus Used by Early Christians and the Development of the Jesus Prayer Volume 44

by Irïnïe Hausherr, Charles Cummings (Translator)

Overview

'Pray continually,' Scripture exhorts. 'Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus.' 

Striving to obey, christian monks of the East joined adoration and compunction in unceasing prayer. In the course of fourteen centuries, they developed what some have called 'the only perfect way of prayer', the Jesus Prayer: Jesus Christ, Sone of God, have mercy on me (a sinner).'

How did the Jesus Prayer evolve? In this penetrating study, Irénée Hausherr examines the documents of the first millennium and a half of christian tradition. In the first part, he recounts the names by which the faithful addressed their Lord. In the second, he traces from their writings the method of continual prayer taught and practiced by eastern ascetics

'Since I am a Christian,' he writes, 'nothing concerning Christ can leave me indifferent, least of all his names, because these are identical in a certain sense with his very person.' 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879079444
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	04/01/1978
Series:	Cistercian Studies , #44
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Irénée Hausherr, SJ, (1881-1978) was a Jesuit of Alsatian origin and specialist in Greek patristic and monastic spirituality.

Charles Cummings (1940-2020), was a Trappist-Cistercian monk and priest of Holy Trinity Abbey, Huntsville, Utah. He grew up in northern Minnesota and joined the monastery in 1960. He had a master’s degree in formative spirituality and had been engaged in writing, editing, teaching, counseling, chaplain ministry, and monastic interreligious dialogue for most of his monastic life. 

Table of Contents

       TABLE OF CONTENTS
Author's Preface   i
Author's Introduction   iii

       PART ONE: THE NAME OF JESUS
1  Scriptural and Patristic Names   3
2  Names of Jesus Used by the Christian People   63

       PART TWO: CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD
3  Ways of Continual Prayer   119
4  Short Prayers   191
5  The Petition for Mercy   241
6  The Jesus Prayer Gains Acceptance   265
7  The Jesus Prayer at its Apogee   309
    Conclusion   325

    Selected Bibliography   348

 

Editorial Reviews

. . . deservedly a classic in spiritual writing and necessary reading for all those interested in the method of Eastern Christian prayer.
The Heythrop Journal


For the reader who desires God, here is the book that speaks to the heart.
The Living Church

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