Christian Piety and the Lord’s Prayer in the Early Church up to 300CE - Matthew 6:1-18
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Piedade cristã, Igreja primitiva, Oração do Senhor, Sermão no MonteResumo
This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the use of the exhortations on almsgiving, prayer, and fasting found in Matthew 6:1-18 in the church of antiquity. Additionally, a fresh analysis of the use and influence of the Matthean form of the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) in the early church is presented. These goals are achieved through an examination of the early church writers’ citation of the relevant texts as found in the Sermon on the Mount. Primary source citations are provide to allow the reader to follow the analyses. Emphasis is placed on the unique perspectives held by the ancient writers concerning these texts of Scripture and the ways which they impacted on their life and communal practices. The right practice of Christian piety served to shape the identity of Christian communities and to legitimize them as authentic followers of God. We will see that the Lord’s Prayer was one of the most influential of text in the early church comparable in prominence to the Decalogue. The Prayer found application in discipleship, polemics, worship, identity formation and pastoral care.
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________. Ad Quirinum testimonia adversus Judaeos (To Quirinius: Testomonies against the Jews). The Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 5. Translated by Robert Ernest Wallis. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1994.
________. “De catholicae ecclesiae unitate (The Unity of the Catholic Church)”. In: The Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 5. Translated by Robert Ernest Wallis. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1994.
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Publicado: 2019-05-03
