The Name of Jesus: The Names of Jesus Used by Early Christians and the Development of the "Jesus Prayer" (Volume 44) (Cistercian Studies Series)

Hausherr SJ, Irénée

ISBN 10: 0879079444 / ISBN 13: 9780879079444

Published by Liturgical Press, 1978

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Name of Jesus: The Names of Jesus Used by Early Christians and the Development of the "Jesus Prayer" (Volume 44) (Cistercian Studies Series)
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879079444
• ISBN 13: 9780879079444
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 21 ounces

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Synopsis

'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.' 

About the Authors

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.