单词 | jesus prayer |
释义 | > as lemmasJesus Prayer Jesus Prayer n. (in the Eastern Orthodox Church) the prayer ‘Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner’ (and variants), the continual repetition of which is especially important in hesychasm (see Hesychasm n. at Hesychast n. Derivatives). [After Russian Iisusova molitva (a1866 in this sense; frequently in the work Otkrovennye rasskazy strannika duxovnomu svoemu otcu (1884), which was translated into English as Way of a Pilgrim and helped to popularize this prayer in English-speaking countries).] ΚΠ 1877 Monthly Packet Jan. 32 Orina laid the cloth (a blue linen one, with rough white figures, representing a plate, a bowl, knife, fork, spoon, and salt-cellar, and all round the border the ‘Jesus Prayer’). 1945 Man. Eastern Orthodox Prayers (Orthodox Eastern Church) 24 The Jesus Prayer..is said by devout Christians at regular intervals during the day and the night and is used by them as the basis of their meditation. 2004 Church Times 9 Jan. 21/1 The accounts of the origins of the Jesus Prayer and the Hail Mary..are of the greatest interest. < as lemmas |
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