Why is the Our Father different in the King james Bible

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just like the title says why is the king james version of the Bible have a added sentence too the end of the Our Father Prayer
 
CountrySteve said:
just like the title says why is the king james version of the Bible have a added sentence too the end of the Our Father Prayer
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If you are asking about the sentence “For thine is the kingdom, etc.”, then this is because the King James translators were working off of a Greek text which they believed to be authentic, but which actually contained later interpolations deriving from Eastern traditions. The insertion of that sentence was erroneous.
 
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If you are asking about the sentence “For thine is the kingdom, etc.”, then this is because the King James translators were working off of a Greek text which they believed to be authentic, but which actually contained later interpolations deriving from Eastern traditions. The insertion of that sentence was erroneous.
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It sounds similar to what we say at Novus Ordo Mass after the Our Father - “For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever.” Are they derived from the same source? It’s theologically correct, anyhow.
 
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So why is that line used in the Mass?
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It is recorded in Catholic tradition as early as the Didache. In fact, it was due to the ancient liturgical use of this doxology that it was eventually reverse-incorporated into manuscripts of the Gospels.
 
I believe that line is used in Eastern Divine Liturgies. It is not a Protestant thing.
 
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It is recorded in Catholic tradition as early as the Didache. In fact, it was due to the ancient liturgical use of this doxology that it was eventually reverse-incorporated into manuscripts of the Gospels.
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That makes perfect sense. One more reason that Sola Scriptura is one of the silliest arguments in Christendom.
 
Well, from what I’ve understood, the reason has to do with the monks who hand copied the bible for years. When the King James version was compiled, they obviously copied off the bibles the monks had made.

The doxology, which is a seperate prayer was interpreted as the end of the Our Father due to poor/ hard to read copies.

That is why they are just that little bit different at the very end.
 
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