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  • Catholics quit early. They are happy enough to just be delivered from evil.
  • Actually the protestant and catholic versions of the our father are generally different. We say temptations, they say sins, etc. Roman Catholics actually do say that part at Mass... after our the Lord's Prayer the priest says: "Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxiety as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ." and then the congregation says "For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever." (I had like half written that part and then I found the actual wording on wiki!I love wiki!) Actually the doxology (the name of that last part) is not actually a part of the original prayer and does not appear in the new testament! So interesting. You are definately getting +5 for making me research this. I love learning new things! So maybe we are just happy to be delivered from evil. Except at Sunday Mass. ;-) Oops... forgot the link if you are still curious! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord%27s_Prayer
  • because not everyone can be right.
  • The Lord's Prayer was an "example" Christ gave to the Apostle's when they asked HIM how we should pray. The example being "the things we should ask for" , who we pray to,etc. HE also said not to pray the same thing over and over and not to do in front of men , go into thine closet. The prayer God wants is the one private ,between you and HIM, HE listens then. HE wants you to talk to HIm and pray all you want. Christ also told them don't be asking, HE KNOWS what you NEED...Our Father=acknowledging HIM and giving the honor HE deserves...Your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven=ready for HIM to come and take over..Thou art the kingdom,the glory and the power of heaven.In Christ name we pray.=Acknowledging HIM and HIS SON.
  • In actuality, both the Catholic and Protestant versions are identical only in the Catholic version there is a pause after the "deliver us from evil" for the priest to say, "Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxiety as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ." The congregation then continues with pretty much the same ending as what the Protestants say.
  • i was asking the exact same question! didn't really find any superb answers on the internet tho... nothing better than the following quoted from Wikipedia (broken into paragraphs for easier reading): [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord%27s_Prayer#.22For_thine_is_the_kingdom.2C_and_the_power.2C_and_the_glory.2C_for_ever_and_ever._Amen_.22] "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen." The doxology of the prayer is not contained in Luke's version, nor is it present in the earliest manuscripts of Matthew. The first known use of the doxology, in a less lengthy form ("for yours is the power and the glory forever"), as a conclusion for the Lord's Prayer (in a version slightly different from that of Matthew) is in the Didache, 8:2. There are at least ten different versions of the doxology in early manuscripts of Matthew before it seems to have standardised. Jewish prayers at the time had doxological endings. The doxology may have been originally appended to the Lord's Prayer for use during congregational worship. If so, it could be based on 1 Chronicles 29:11. Most scholars do not consider it part of the original text of Matthew, and modern translations do not include it, mentioning it only in footnotes. Latin Rite Roman Catholics do not use it when reciting the Lord's Prayer, but it has been included as an independent item, not as part of the Lord's Prayer, in the 1970 revision of the Mass. It is attached to the Lord's Prayer in Eastern Christianity (including Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Churches) and Protestantism. A minority, generally fundamentalists, posit that the doxology was so important that early manuscripts of Matthew neglected it due to its obviousness, though several other quite obvious things are mentioned in the Gospels.
  • There is more than one reading, depending on which gospel you quote. The traditional ending isn't in many of the oldest manuscripts and is sometimes omitted.

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