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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...

We go on to say: “Let your will be done in heaven and on earth.” We say this not so that God might do what he wishes, but that we should be able to do what God wishes. For who stands in the way of God to prevent him performing his will? But since we are opposed by the Devil, and our thought and deeds are so prevented from complete submission to God, we pray requesting that the will of God might be done in us. For this to be done in us there is need of God’s will, that is his aid and his protection,
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