Prayer Book of the Early Christians Paperback – August 1, 2017

Just as expected.

Especially good for those looking to enrich there prayer lives. Providing wonderful examples from the early Church and prayers of the saints.

I enjoy reading matins before my family gets up. It centers me for the day. I did not see any egregious typos as reported by other reviewers.

If one is interested in Eastern Orthodox prayer, it's difficult to find a meaningful, readable compilation in a single volume. McGuckin's Prayer Book of the Early Christians is a delightful exception. The prayers are traditional and liturgical in origin, tastefully selected and written in elevated but modern English. While essentially Orthodox in focus, it nevertheless reaches across traditions to create a prayer book that can be used by Christians of all persuasions.

I have several other books by John McGuckin (whom I met and knew a little in the days when he lived in Southampton, UK). This is a nice simplified introduction to praying the Daily Office in the Orthodox style, though using the Grail psalms (which I always use myself). Added to this it contains an interesting selection of other prayers for various occasions. For anyone who wants to expand their liturgical horizons a bit without having to be challenged by difficult service books, this is ideal.

The modest title may appear something like "here's another devotional from the old days", perhaps similarly to the way that the Greek word "biblos" can mean " this is a book" .In my opinion, it would be very good for every person to read aloud from this book every morning and every night of their entire lives, and for children to learn these prayers from infancy.

I think this is an interesting prayer book from a historical and religious perspective.There is a wide variety of prayers for different parts of the day and for different purposes such as a sick person or even a sick pet. Plenty of psalms and petitions. A couple thousand years later and it's still a good book.

Relies mainly on Eastern Orthodox sources; I was wanting a more scholarly research. 50% come from year 1000 AD and slightly later. It was written by an Eastern Orthodox. No wonder. No good for people wanting a cross section of early Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Prayers framed within the pre-Chalcedonian Holy Traditions.