He was inspired to theological scholarship by a contemporary, Macarius of Corinth, whose collection of old Eastern prayer texts Nicodemus edited and published as Philokalia in 1782.
Rossi, who flourished in Mantua at the turn of the 17th century, is best known for his Monteverdi-like settings of Hebrew prayer texts.
C. 1051 - c. 1111 Nicholas III, (flourished 11th century) Eastern Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople (1084 1111), theologian and liturgical scholar noted for combatting doctrinal heresy and composing sacramental prayer texts for the Byzantine liturgy.
Sister Johnson was president of the Catholic Theological Society in the mid-1990s when she joined a highly publicized battle to change the language in the Catholic Bible and other prayer texts to reflect a more "gender neutral" sensibility — using words like "humans" and "our parent" in place of "men" and "our father".
An a cappella oratorio scored for cantor, soprano solo, adult chorus and children's chorus, I Believe features several traditional prayer texts such as the Mourner's Kaddish (Kaddish Yatom) and the El Malei memorial prayer, and also includes the poetry of Paul Celan and Primo Levi.
And beside them, a Ya Sin Muslim prayer text sits stacked with other religious books.
In communities without writing, certain persons memorize narratives, poems, songs, prayers, ritual texts, and the like, and these are passed on, with new creations in such styles, to succeeding generations.
The two chaplains, one Catholic and one Anglican, read aloud prayers and inspirational texts blessing those at hand.
Containing biblical texts, prayers, ritual directions, explanations and songs for the annual reimagining of the ancient Israelites' liberation from slavery, the Haggadah is one book and many books.
They meet in several key places and draw on the generative texts (prayers like the Kaddish) in a way that gives the texts of the symphony a dramatic arch.
