Early Christian Prayer Circles
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Losing the Distinction Between Ordinances for the Dead and Prayers for the Living
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Hugh Nibley in his article, "The Early Christian Prayer Circle," he shares some quotes from early writings and statements made ab...
Ancient Writings of the Primitive Church and the Prayer Circle
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The prayer circle was very prominent in early apocryphal Christian literature. In several accounts, the Twelve Apostles gather in a circle a...
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The Early Christian Prayer Circle Rite
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In The Early Christian Prayer Circle by Hugh Nibley, we are told, "the actual performance of such a rite [Prayer Circle] is described ...
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The Prayer Circle in Early Christianity
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Lecture by Aaron Snyders at BYU's 2008 SANE (Students of the Ancient Near East) Symposium; Parts 1-3.
The Temple as a House of Prayer
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Referring to the temple as a "House of Prayer," Isaiah 56: 7 states, "Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make ...
Prayer Circles in the Early Christian Church
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From ancient Christian texts we learn that the prayer circle was part of the early Christian Church. In " Temple Prayers in Ancient Tim...
Dance of the Angels
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References to the mystery of the ring-dance/prayer circle in early Christianity can also be found in the writings of Basileios (A.D. 344-40...
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...dance with the angels around the Unbegotten and Eternal One
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Clement of Alexandria, A.D. 153-193-217, wrote how they "raise the head and lift the hands towards heaven, and stand on tiptoe as we jo...
Job and a Prayer Circle
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In the opening lines of his Testament, Job tells his three virgin daughters and seven sons (see Job 1:2 ) to form a circle around him (the s...
Orants - "The Praying Ones"
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Definitions of orant: * Orant [ Orans ; Orantes ]is a type of gesture during prayer in which the hands are raised, set apart, and the palm...
Orants in Historical Christian Art
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In early Christian lore, the spreading of the hands symbolized Christ. Thus, Ode of Solomon 27 reads, "I extended my hands and hallowed...
Uplifted Hands in Prayer a Symbol of the Crucified Lord
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Early Christians apparently saw in the manner of prayer a representation of the cross on which Christ was crucified.(See D. Plooij, "Th...
The Mother of God "Of the Sign"
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The image of the Virgin with hands raised in prayer is one of the oldest in Christian art as it symbolically relates to her position as an ...
"That Magnificent Gesture" and True Mourning
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The raising of both hands high above the head by those in the prayer circle as they began their prayer is referred to by Biblical scholar, ...
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Prayer Posture Looks Like a 'W'
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The Hebrew word for "name" is sheme. Ha-Shem is still used sometimes as a "meta-word," part of a prayer pattern, used to...
Clean Hands and a Pure Heart
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John A. Tvedtnes in Temple Prayer in Ancient Times explains how: There is symbolism in raising the hands in prayer. The gesture exposes to ...
"...aught against your neighbor..."
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One aspect of the Prayer Circle as described in ancient texts has to do with those who participate and the bishop's instruction to them ...
The "Diptych" or the Prayer Roll
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(click pictures to enlarge) "Diptychs;" were an ancient writing tablet. The more elaborate ones were carved from wood, metal or i...
Prayer at the Veil
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Hugh Nibley tells in "The Early Christian Prayer Circle," how, Rabbi Ishmael recited his prayer just before passing through to th...
Prayer Opens the Veil
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Early Christian art has many examples of God's hand extending down through a curtain, a cloud or from the sky. John Tvedtnes explains in...
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Theophany - Object of the Ring Dance
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Frederick M. Huchel, the only Mormon presenter at the recent Temple Studies Group Symposium II in London, England, shared his paper titled, ...
Seeing the Throne of God
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Philo, a Jewish teacher in Egypt, was an exact contemporary of Jesus. He described the angels as the powers of God throughout creation, bind...
Ascention to Heaven
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Edward T. Jones has noted, "the technical term for the experience of visiting heaven is ascension." And Mircea Eliade indicated t...
The Ascension of Christ
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Jesus is "taken up into heaven" in the Ascension narratives in Mark 16:19-20 , Luke 24:50-53 , and Acts 1:6-12 . The Syriac illum...
Prayer Circles and Universal Laws and Faith
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Christ taught the "Law of the Harvest," which is, "you reap what you sow" whether it be for good or ill. We create our o...
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