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Prayer
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1. Religious Aspects 1.1.
General The term “prayer” has to do with a central fact in the divine-human relation, at the root of which is asking. Etymologically, Eng. “prayer” (unlike Ger.
Gebet) goes back to OFr.
preiere, “act of asking” or “demand,” and is akin to Lat.
precaria, “a request.” These and related terms are probably related also to OEng.
frignan, “inquire” (cf. Old Sax.
fragon; Old Ger.
pragan, frahen; Ger.
fragen), and introduced in connection with Christianization for an act of the church ritual. The older theory that prayer developed out of magical sayings…
