It is hard to overstate the importance of the Lord’s Prayer
to the Christian life. While the
Lord’s Prayer does not contain everything that can possibly be prayed (the
Psalms offer a more comprehensive guide), it is our Lord’s chief teaching on
the subject and has formed Christian practice of prayer throughout the
centuries.
The Didache (70-110 AD), an early 2nd century summation of Christian teaching, states that Christians should pray the Lord’s Prayer three times a day.
The Didache (70-110 AD), an early 2nd century summation of Christian teaching, states that Christians should pray the Lord’s Prayer three times a day.
Theologian William White Jr. has this to say
of the influence of the Lord’s prayer: “Without a doubt this is the most widely-known passage from
the Bible and has been included in the Christian catechisms and liturgies of
almost everybody since the days of the Apostolic Fathers. So familiar is it
that it is usually known by its first line, Latin: Pater noster, German: Unser
Vater, Dutch: Onze Vader, and so on through the manifold tongues of mankind.”
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Which one? ;^)
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