"In Jesus' Name, Amen."

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Does anyone know where the protestant evangelicals came up with their formulaic ending for their spontaneous prayers,*** “In Jesus’ name, Amen?”***

I KNOW they will refer me to “Whatever you ask in my name…”

I have a hard time with beginning a prayer, "Dear Heavenly Father… and ending it in Jesus’ name, with no mention at all of the Holy Spirit. (They have tradition, they just don’t think they do…)

Once again, I think the Catholic faith has the market on the best stuff: The Sign of the Cross: “In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen” Seems to address all our prayers to the Triune God.
 
Asking prayers in Jesus’ Name is an ancient practice. Since salvation comes through Jesus, and His Name is the only Name that saves, it follows that every grace from the Father comes to us through the Son Incarnate (Jesus), in the Holy Spirit of course. It is the cooperation of the Holy Trinity. It is how God works. I know a few prayers at Mass end with “Through Jesus Christ, our Lord”. It’s basically the same thing as “In Jesus’ Name.”
 
Eucharisted said:
I know a few prayers at Mass end with “Through Jesus Christ, our Lord”. It’s basically the same thing as “In Jesus’ Name.”
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But we still end the Mass with the Sign of the Cross.

And yes, I did get up in the middle of the night to post this… 🙂
 
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But we still end the Mass with the Sign of the Cross.

And yes, I did get up in the middle of the night to post this… 🙂
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That’s because we glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ and we love to worship the Triune Lord 😉
 
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How ancient? And how ancient compared to asking prayer in the name of the Trinity, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?
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Both are ancient practices of the Catholic Church. So ancient that they are mentioned in the gospels. “Baptize in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,” “Ask anything in My Name and it will be given to you.”
 
As already noted, “In Jesus’ Name, Amen” is derived from scripture and it is a fine way to end a prayer. By saying those words, it is an acknowledgment of Jesus Christ as the Intercessor Who pleads for us at the right hand of the Father. I would suppose protestants don’t do the Sign of the Cross prayer because it is too closely associated with Catholicism. I don’t believe they are rejecting the Holy Cross per se, though they tend to view the cross differently than Catholics ( think cross/crucifix or “He is risen” versus “He was obedient unto death). Be that as it may, don’t forget that the Mass includes similar words when the priest says " we ask this through Christ our Lord” or “grant this through Christ our Lord”. So, I feel we Catholics should be following the example of Scripture and of the Mass and include similar words somewhere in our prayers.

I prefer to say at the end of my personal prayers something like “all this I ask in the Name of Jesus Christ” and I also add the Sign of the Cross-- usually at the beginning and ending of prayers.
 
Your question reminded me of the following “in the name of Jesus” prayers:

But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but I give you what I have; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” (Acts 3:6)

And this she did for many days. But Paul was annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, “I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour. (Acts 16:18)
 
Just for a moment of thought…our US Constitution ends with the phrase…‘signed this etc in the year of our Lord etc…’ in the year of our Lord acknowledges the fact that Jesus was Lord…this exact phrase,with the change in year of course ,was used by Lincoln in his Emanicipation Proclamation. …the rest of the story…
 
I always pray in Jesus’ name or to be more exact in the name of Christ our Lord aswell as saying the sign of the cross after traditional prayers. But I do this in my private prayers as Christ told us to pray in his name in the Gospel of John and that everything we ask for in his name would be done for us.
 
Some of this is cultural. Many non-Catholics use the first name Jesus in a more familiar, intimate way. They emphasize a personal relationship with Jesus more than our church. In the Catholic Church we seem to have a more formal relationship with Jesus Christ and instead pray to saints in a more intimate way. We tend to use the more formal ‘Christ’, instead of using the more informal ‘Jesus’ like the Evangelicals.
 
Of course the statement I am Who am…tells it all…someone posted that protestants have a more personal way with Jesus then we poor Catholics…sad I did not know that…the very dogma of interpreting the gospels as one sees fit illustrates to me quite the opposite…they have no relationship with Jesus what so ever for why would they belong to a movement that destroyed the unity of what He taught from day One?
 
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