The Church Fathers · c. 233
On Prayer
Peri Euches
Origen of Alexandria · c. 185–c. 253
What it is
An answer to the objection that prayer is pointless if God already knows and has already decided, followed by a full exposition of the Lord's Prayer.
Why it lasted
The most searching treatment of prayer and providence in the early church, and still the standard patristic reference on the subject.
Scripture it works from
Where to read it
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