Prayer: Origen on Prayer as Transformation
Teaching on Prayer from Origen: Origen on Prayer as Transformation
This is a spiritual discipline on transformation and god's will, drawing on Romans 12:2, Matthew 6:10 and Philippians 4:6-7.
Origen of Alexandria (d. 254) wrote one of the earliest Christian treatises on prayer ("On Prayer"), arguing that the primary purpose of prayer is not to change God's mind but to change the one who prays. He wrote: "The one who prays is lifted above all earthly things and is raised to the very gates of heaven. There, standing in spirit before the Lord, the soul is illuminated by the radiance of the Lord."…
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