The Eastern Cross/Library/On the Lord's Prayer
St. Cyprian goes through the Our Father phrase by phrase and shows what each line asks of us. He also writes about how to pray: with attention, humility and a heart at peace with others.
It is one of the earliest full commentaries on the prayer, and still one of the best.
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About this edition
From the Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 5 (1886), edited by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson.
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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