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John of Apamea Quotes

Syria

John of Apamea was a 5th-century Syriac Christian writer. His writings include "On Prayer", a treatise on silent prayer.

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For God is silence, and in silence is he sung by means of that psalmody which is worthy of Him.

Do not imagine, brother, that prayer consists solely of words, or that it can be learnt by means of words.

You should pray therefore in spirit, seeing that He is Spirit.

Thus there is a silence of the tongue

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