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Lectio Divina

In Western Christianity, Lectio Divina (Latin for "Divine Reading") is a traditional monastic practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God and to increase the knowledge of God's word. In the view of one commentator, it does not treat Scripture as texts to be studied, but as the living word.

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related to Further reading · 27
Lectio Divina → Ancient Practice, Basil Pennington, Carmel, Carthusian, Cross, Geoff New, God Can Speak, Guigo II, Imaginative Preaching, ISBN, Jean Khoury, Ladder, Langham Global Library, Mary, Monks, OP, Praying, Renewing, Rome, Rule
related to 6th- to 12th-century monasticism · 21
Lectio Divina → According, After Origen, Ambrose, Apostle Paul, Augustine, Church Fathers, God's, Greek, Hebrew, Hilary, However, It, Jean Leclercq, Lectio Sacra, OSB, Poitiers, Pope Gregory, Romans, Saint Benedict, Scripture
related to Early beginnings · 14
Lectio Divina → Before, Christ, God, Gregory, In, In Origen's, Logos, Neocaesarea Origen, Origen, Scriptural, Scripture, The Word, Western, Word
related to 16th century · 13
Lectio Divina → By, Cross, During, Guigo II, John, John Calvin, Protestant Reformers, Puritan, Puritans, Reformed, Richard Baxter, Spain, St
has method · 12
Lectio Divina → An, Assisi, Benedictine, Carthusian, Catholic, Cistercian, Franciscan, Guigo II's, Saint Clare, Saint Clare's, Table, While
related to Oratio ("prayer") · 10
Lectio Divina → Christian, Dei, God, In, It, Pope Benedict XVI, Saint Ambrose, Scripture, The, Word
related to 20th- and 21st-century revival · 9
Lectio Divina → By, Dei, God, However, In, On, Pope Benedict XVI, Second Vatican Council, Word
related to Lectio ("reading") · 9
Lectio Divina → An, Be, Corinthians, God, Holy Spirit, In, Psalm, Scripture, The
related to Meditatio ("meditation") · 8
Lectio Divina → Although Lectio Divina, God, Holy Spirit, It, Living Word, Scripture, The, When
related to External links · 5
Lectio Divina → Archived, Benedictine, Carmelite WebsiteJean Khoury, Lectio DivinaThe Lectio Course, Original

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