• The Lord's Prayer has been translated and updated throughout the history of the English language. Here are examples which show the major developments:...
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    The Lord's Prayer, also known by its incipit Our Father (Greek: Πάτερ ἡμῶν, Latin: Pater Noster), is a central Christian prayer attributed to Jesus. It...
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    the Lord's Prayer thrice daily was given in Didache 8, 2 f., which, in turn, was influenced by the Jewish practice of praying thrice daily found in the...
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    recitations of the Lord's Prayer. The Catholic Encyclopedia thus mentions strings of beads, presumably for prayer, found in the tombs of Saint Gertrude of Nivelles...
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    Anglicanism. The first prayer book, published in 1549 in the reign of King Edward VI of England, was a product of the English Reformation following the break...
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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...
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    the Lord's Prayer or the Angelus Domini. The traditional European church bell (see cutaway drawing) used in Christian churches worldwide consists of a...
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    Hail Mary (redirect from Ave Maria (prayer))
    Mary, the mother of Jesus. The prayer is based on two biblical passages featured in the Gospel of Luke: the Angel Gabriel's visit to Mary (the Annunciation)...
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  • language prayers and berakhot (blessings) that are part of Judaism that are recited by many Jews. Most prayers and blessings can be found in the Siddur...
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    Lord's Prayer Fraction Agnus Dei Prayers before Communion Holy Communion Prayer of Thanksgiving Dismissal Blessing of the Faithful Last Gospel In the...
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    may conclude by saying the Lord's Prayer on the invitatory bead or a final prayer on the cross as in the examples below. The entire circle may be done...
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    There are multiple versions of this prayer, however the most widely used version is as follows: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner...
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  • The anonymous text that is usually called the Prayer of Saint Francis (or Peace Prayer, or Simple Prayer for Peace, or Make us an Instrument of Your Peace)...
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  • 2011. The 1975 version was included in the 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, the 1979 Episcopal Church (United States) Book of Common Prayer, though in both...
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    the history of the rosary, a Catholic prayer rope, cord or chain used to count specific prayers, commonly as a Marian devotion. The exact origin of the...
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    we would find in the Prayer of the Church not only intercessions, special prayers, and the Lord's Prayer, which are still typical today in Lutheran worship...
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    The 1552 Book of Common Prayer, also called the Second Prayer Book of Edward VI, was the second version of the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) and contained...
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    The history of the Jews in England can be reliably traced to the period following the Norman Conquest of 1066, when England became integrated with the...
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    liturgical book of the Church of England and other Anglican churches. Written during the English Reformation, the prayer book was largely the work of Thomas Cranmer...
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    to a profound change in the history of the English state. William ordered the compilation of the Domesday Book, a survey of the entire population and...
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    The 1979 Book of Common Prayer is the official primary liturgical book of the U.S.-based Episcopal Church. An edition in the same tradition as other versions...
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    summon the Christian faithful to recite the Lord's Prayer; the injunction to pray the Lord's prayer thrice daily was given in Didache 8, 2 f., which, in turn...
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    Parliamentary History 19.1 (2000): 131–147. John Maiden, National Religion and the Prayer Book Controversy, 1927–1928 (2009). John G. Maiden, "English Evangelicals...
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    Shema (redirect from Shema prayer)
    Jewish prayer (known as the Shema) that serves as a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services. Its first verse encapsulates the monotheistic...
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    The Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel usually refers to one specific Catholic prayer to Michael the Archangel, among the various prayers in existence...
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    Edwardian Reformation (category History of the Church of England)
    receptionist views on the Lord's Supper. In April 1552, a new Act of Uniformity authorized a revised Book of Common Prayer to be used in worship by November...
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    The Prayer Book Rebellion or Western Rising was a popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon in 1549. In that year, the first Book of Common Prayer, presenting...
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    action in the case of the former, and serenity to accept in the case of the latter. The prayer has achieved very wide distribution, spreading through the YWCA...
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    in 1863 into English by Catherine Winkworth. Martin Luther wrote "Vater unser im Himmelreich" based on The Lord's Prayer. Each verse of the hymn is used...
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    Lord's Prayer. The modern Church of the Pater Noster is built right next to the site of a fourth-century basilica commissioned by Constantine I. The latter...
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