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Article 1. "The Summary of the Whole Gospel"

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The Lord’s Prayer “is truly the summary of the whole gospel.”1 “Since the Lord … after handing over the practice of prayer, said elsewhere, ‘Ask and you will receive,’ and since everyone has petitions which are peculiar to his circumstances, the regular and appropriate prayer [the Lord’s Prayer] is said first, as the foundation of further desires.”2

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I. At the Center of the Scriptures
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II. The Lord's Prayer
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III. The Prayer of the Church
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In Brief
Footnotes

  1. Tertullian, De orat. 1: PL 1, 1155.

  2. Tertullian, De orat. 10: PL 1, 1165; cf. Lk 11:9.