Christian devotional literature

Christian devotional literature (also called devotionals or Christian living literature) is religious writing that Christian individuals read for their personal growth and spiritual formation.[1] Original excerpts including the Book of Daniel and Leviticus derive from Ancient Roman (753 BCE - 640 CE), Greek and Byzantine (395 CE - 1453 CE) culture - and encompass the past relationship of God’s Law through the Old Testament. Though these are the most significant accounts, majority of the literature comprises of commentaries to the ever changing social and political reforms of human history - including the impact of censorship, persecution - the reign of King Nero (54 CE - 68 CE) and Diocletian (284 CE - 305 CE) and martyrdom on Christian life through the ages (Gregory, 2001).

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References
  1. George Thomas Kurian (2010). The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810869820. Retrieved 28 December 2011. After the Bible, Christian devotional literature has provided the most popular and instructive kind of reading and guidance for believers. Most broadly considered, Christian devotional literature may be thought to encompass any inscribed verbal artifact employed to stimulate the production, sustenance, and direction of the unique interior Christian self, whether solely in relation to the divine or including also service to fellow believers, neighbor, and/or world.


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