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OUR FATHER

The Lord's Prayer, taught by Christ in answer to a request by the Disciples to teach them how to pray. As recited in the Catholic Church, it says: "Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; they kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen." It consists of seven petitions, of which the first three are concerned with the interests of God, and the last four are requests for divine assistance to man. The single most commented on words of the Bible, the Our Father, is also the common heritage of all Christians, which synthesizes their common belief in the Fatherhood of God, the primacy of the divine over the human, the need for prayer to obtain grace, the source of morality in doing the will of God, and the struggle with evil as a condition for salvation. The longer ending, with the words "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory," used by Protestants, is a liturgical addition that found its way into some manuscripts of the New Testament but was not part of the original biblical text, either in Matthew (6:9-13 or Luke (11:2-4).

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

1 posted on 09/20/2012 8:34:24 AM PDT by Salvation
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Fides Ecclesiastica

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Help of the Sick Scapular

Sarai

Segnatura Apostolica

Capital Punishment

Idol

Propagation of the Faith

Actual Intention

Ten Tribes

Passiontide

God the Holy Spirit

Indwelling

Parochial Mass

Hypostasis

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Abigail

Jacobites

Summum Bonum

Provocation

Secular Institute

Clerical Dress

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Communion Rail

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2 posted on 09/20/2012 8:38:48 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation

Now if Roman Catholics (and perhaps most of the Protestant community) just understand what Jesus was saying, they would quit using this “many words” saying to feel religious.

Do you really want to be forgiven, “exactly the way you forgive”? If so, you are still under the Law and obligated to fulfill it all (Gal. 3:10). Good hermeneutics and abandoning the “traditions of men” will begin to open eyes...if God allows.


4 posted on 09/20/2012 8:50:34 AM PDT by Dutchboy88
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