Lord’s Prayer

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The Lord’s Prayer is a central Christian prayer taught by Jesus as a model of how to pray, widely used in both personal devotion and public worship across Christian traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian prayer
liturgical text
model prayer
addressedTo God the Father
alsoKnownAs Our Father
Pater Noster
centrality central prayer in Christianity
componentOf Christian liturgy
Daily Office
Divine Liturgy
Liturgy of the Hours
Mass
catechesis
containsPetition Deliver us from evil
Forgive us our debts
Forgive us our trespasses
Give us this day our daily bread
Hallowed be your name
Lead us not into temptation
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
doxologyUsage commonly used in Protestant traditions
often omitted in Roman Catholic liturgy
doxologyVariant For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever
foundIn Gospel of Luke
Gospel of Matthew
function pattern for Christian prayer
influenceOn Christian ethics
Christian liturgical practice
Christian spirituality
languageOfTitle English
Latin
liturgicalUse personal devotion
public worship
memorizedBy many Christian children
openingWords Our Father in heaven
originPeriod 1st century
recitedAt Eucharistic celebrations
baptismal services
ecumenical gatherings
funeral services
religiousTradition Christianity
scripturalReference Luke 11:2–4
Matthew 6:9–13
taughtBy Jesus
taughtIn Christian catechism
textualVariant debts version
sins version
trespasses version
theme deliverance from evil
forgiveness
petition for daily needs
praise of God
submission to God’s will
translatedInto many languages worldwide
usedIn Anabaptist churches
Anglican Communion
Baptist churches
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheran churches
Methodist churches
Non-denominational churches
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Pentecostal churches
Reformed churches
Roman Catholic Church

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