The Lord's Prayer A Survey Theological and

This book is a definitive study of the exemplary prayer of the gospel. Nicholas Ayo's The Lord's Prayer presents a carefully detailed exposition of the Our Father as a text worthy of inspiring both mind and heart.

Foreword

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

The Lord's Prayer in Matthew

xii

The Lord's Prayer in Luke

xiv

Introduction

1

(20)

PART ONE: The Thou-Petitions

Our Father

21

(12)

Who Art in Heaven

29

(4)

Hallowed Be Thy Name

33

(6)

Thy Kingdom Come

39

(4)

Thy Will Be Done

43

(8)

On Earth as It Is in Heaven

47

(4)

Summary: The Thou-Petitions

51

(4)

PART TWO: The We-Petitions

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

55

(16)

Forgive Us Our Trespasses

71

(16)

As We Forgive Those Who Trespass against Us

79

(8)

Lead Us Not into Temptation

87

(6)

But Deliver Us from Evil

93

(6)

Summary: The We-Petitions

99

(6)

The Thou- and We-Petitions Compared

105

(6)

PART THREE: Other Commentary

Introduction

111

(6)

Cyprian of Carthage on Our Father Who Art in Heaven

117

(8)

Gregory of Nyssa on Hallowed Be Thy Name

125

(6)

Maximus the Confessor on Thy Kingdom Come

131

(8)

Thomas Aquinas on Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven

139

(6)

Origen on Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

145

(12)

Teresa of Avila

157

(8)

Simone Weil on Forgive Us Our Trespasses as We Forgive Those Who Trespass against Us

165

(4)

Augustine on Lead Us Not into Temptation

169

(6)

Alfred Delp

175

(4)

Leonardo Boff on But Deliver Us from Evil

179

(14)

PART FOUR: In Conclusion

The Lord's Prayer in Liturgy

193

(6)

Two Readings: The Eschatological and the Everyday

199

(6)

Final Words

205

(7)

Appendix

212

(33)

Notes

245

(8)

Bibliography

253

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