Intercession
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Intercession or intercessory prayer is the act of praying on behalf of others, or asking God in heaven to pray on behalf of oneself or for others.
A German votive offering thanks to the Virgin Mary in the form of a painting (1796)
Votive candle rack next to an intercessory prayer box at Norrtälje Church (Evangelical-Lutheran) in Stockholm County, Sweden
Prayer
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Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercessi
Intercession
…Intercession or intercessory prayer is the act of praying on behalf of others, or asking God in heaven to pray on behalf of oneself or for others. The Apostle Paul's exhortation to Timothy specified that…
A kneeling position with raised hands expressed "supplication" in classical antiquity. The word for "prayer" and for "supplication" is identical in ancient languages (oratio, προσευχή, תְּפִלָּה etc.), with no terminological distinction between supplications addressed to human as opposed to divine powers. Statuette known as "Praying German" or "supplicating barbarian". It is not known if this figure was originally set in a context of religious prayer or of military surrender.
The valkyrie Sigrdrífa says a pagan Norse prayer in Sigrdrífumál; illustration by Arthur Rackham
Old woman praying by Théophile Lybaert
Jesus praying in Gethsemane. Depicted by Heinrich Hofmann.