Framented Christianity

[wisdomseeker]

Greetings all–
While I was in seminary preparing for the priesthood, I said to a professor that the one liturgical practice that all Christian churches and splinter groups had in common was the recitation of the “Our Father” (the Lord’s Prayer) – whether with “trespasses” or with “debts” – whether with or without the Chronicles doxology (“For thine is the kingdom . . .”) – whether “forever” or whether “forever and ever.” He told me that, tough one might think it MUST be so, given Our Lord’s instructions, I was incorrect.
– There is a denomination descended from the Brethren fellowships (I believe) in which they do not pray the “Our Father” as we know it, but rather pray a new prayer each week modeled after the petitions and the form the “Our Father.” They interpret Christ’s instruction to “pray this-wise” as meaning not to use these specific words when praying, but to pray in this style, according to this form.
– Ah, the wonder of it all! “Left to our own devices . . .”
Pax Omnes! – Rusty

i have read papers done by non denominations christians which does teach that one is not to pray the Our Father. that Our Father is not really a prayer but only a model prayer. and that goes in many denominations too. have you ever seen them enterpreting the Our Father prayer. it is really interesting. of course that is what they think of our Father. there is no meaning to them as it does to us.

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“Without truth, charity ends up in sentimentalism. Love becomes an empty shell, to be filled arbitrarily. It is the fatal risk of love in a culture without truth. It falls prey to the emotions and contingent opinions of the individuals, an abused and distorted word, to the point of signifying the contrary.” BXVI**