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These are the only three existing ante-Nicene treatises on the Lord’s Prayer, and they became the starting point for many other commentaries. Of the three, however, only the discourse of Cyprian is an address to catechumens. Tertullian’s treatise contains additional material on the conduct of worship and on prayer in the assembly, and Origen’s commentary is a vast work on the whole subject of...

attribute to him whatever we hope for from him. Therefore, if the open manifestation of the Lord’s Kingdom pertains to the will of God and to our expectation, how could anyone ask for an extension of this world, when the Kingdom of God, for whose coming we pray, is directed toward the consummation of this world. We should seek to reign the sooner and not to be enslaved the longer. Even if nothing were laid down in the prayer regarding asking for the coming of the Kingdom we should ourselves have
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