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Steven Kovacevich Apostolic Christianity and the 23,000 Western Churches IntraText CT - Text |
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23. Write out the prayer from the first exorcism before Holy Baptism. From this prayer, can you explain why it is important to use the correct of the Lord's Prayer (deliver us from the evil-one)? Also, which verse from the epistle to the Hebrews refers to the last line of this prayer? The textbook gives this prayer from the first exorcism before Holy Baptism:
The Lord came into the world and dwelt among men, that He might destroy the tyranny of the devil and set man free. On the tree He triumphed over the powers which opposed Him, when the sun was darkened and the earth was shaken, when the graves were opened and the bodies of the saints arose. By death He destroyed death, and brought to naught him who had the power of death.
The translation “deliver us from evil” in the Lord's Prayer is absolutely incorrect. Christ stated: “Deliver us from the evil-one.” The “Evil one” means crafty or cunning, and this name refers to the devil — the main source of all evil in the world. Temptations may arise from many different sources: from people, from unfavorable living conditions, but, chiefly, from our passions. For this reason we meekly confess our spiritual weakness at the end of the prayer to our Heavenly Father, asking Him to keep us from sin and to defend us from the intrigues of the prince of darkness — the devil.
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