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On Prayer

Tertullian

Chapter 9

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Author: Tertullian

Chapter IX.—Recapitulation.

In summaries of so few words, how many utterances of the prophets

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,

the

Gospels

,

the

apostles

—

how

many

discourses

,

examples

,

parables

of

the

Lord

,

are

touched

on

!

How

many

duties

are

simultaneously

discharged

!

The

honour

of

God

in

the

“

Father

;

”

the

testimony

of

faith

in

the

“

Name

;

”

the

offering

of

obedience

in

the

“

Will

;

”

the

commemoration

of

hope

in

the

“

Kingdom

;

”

the

petition

for

life

in

the

“

Bread

;

”

the

full

acknowledgment

of

debts

in

the

prayer

for

their

“

Forgiveness

;

”

the

anxious

dread

of

temptation

in

the

request

for

“

Protection

.

”

What

wonder

?

God

alone

could

teach

how

he

wished

Himself

prayed

to

.

The

religious

rite

of

prayer

therefore

,

ordained

by

Himself

,

and

animated

,

even

at

the

moment

when

it

was

issuing

out

of

the

Divine

mouth

,

by

His

own

Spirit

,

ascends

,

by

its

own

prerogative

,

into

heaven

,

commending

to

the

Father

what

the

Son

has

taught

.