PSALMY SZKOŁĄ MODLITWY W UJĘCIU ŚW. AUGUSTYNA
Psalms as a School of Prayer According to St. Augustine
Author(s): Marta ZiółkowskaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: Augustine of Hippo; God; man; human; dialogue; dialogical prayer; petition prayer; petitions; heart
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents selected aspects of St. Augustine’s teaching on petition prayer. In the paper’s first part the dialogic structure of the prayer is described. The second part exhibits the role of heart in prayer. In the third part the dynamics of prayer is presented based on division between answered and unanswered prayers. The paper’s last part describes supernatural direction of prayers to their proper subject which is God himself.
Journal: Verbum Vitae
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 22
- Page Range: 203-213
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Polish