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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...

murderer” (1 Jn 3:15). A murderer shall not attain to the Kingdom of heaven, nor shall he live with God. Whoever prefers to follow Judas, rather than Christ, cannot be with Christ. What an offense, which cannot be wiped out by the baptism of blood! What a crime, which cannot be expunged by martyrdom!18 Beyond this, the Lord, of necessity, counsels that we should say: “Do not allow us to be led into temptation” in our prayer.19 We are shown in this clause that the adversary can do nothing against us unless
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