The Lord’s Prayer in the Early Church: The Pearl of Great Price

201 Pages·2010·4.716 MB·English

by  Roy Hammerling (auth.)

The Lord’s Prayer in the Early Church
AlsobyDr.RoyHammerling
PreviousPublications:
RoyHammerling(editor)
AHISTORYOFPRAYER:TheFirsttotheFifteenthCentury,2008.
The Lord’s Prayer in the Early Church
The Pearl of Great Price
Roy Hammerling
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SpecialthankstoBrillPublicationsforgrantingpermissiontoreprintthreeprevious
articlesthathavebeenrevisedandareincludedaspartsofChapter3inthisbook.
Thefirstisentitledinthisvolumeas“TheLord’sPrayerinBaptismalCatechesis,”
whichpreviouslyappearedunderthetitle“TheLord’sPrayer:TheCornerstoneof
EarlyBaptismalCatechesis”inaslightlydifferentforminRoyHammerling,ed.,
AHistoryofPrayer:TheFirsttotheFifteenthCentury(Leiden:Brill,2008),
pp.167–182.Thesecondisapartofthesectioninthisworkentitled“TheLord’s
PrayerinTheologicalEducation,”alsofoundintheaforementionedvolume,
pp.183–200,inwhichitisentitled“St.AugustineofHippo:PrayerasSacrament.”
Andfinally,thesectioninthisbookcalled“TheLord’sPrayerinPolemics”isalso
foundintheaforementionedwork,pp.223–244,inwhichitisinaslightly
differentformandcalled“TheLord’sPrayerinEarlyChristianPolemicstothe
EighthCentury.”
ForPeggy
InMemoryofPamelaJolicoeur
October21,1944—June9,2010
“Prayer is intimacy with God and contemplation of the invisible. It satisfies
ouryearningsandmakesusequaltotheangels.Throughitgoodprospers,evil
isdestroyed,andsinnerswillbeconverted.Prayeristheenjoymentofthings
presentand the substance of things to come. Prayer turnedthe whale into a
homeforJonah(Jonah2:1ff.);itbroughtHezekiahbacktolifefromthevery
gatesofdeath(2Kings20:1ff.);ittransformedtheflamesintoamoistwind
for the three children (Daniel 3:19ff.)...Past history furnishes thousands of
otherexamplesbesidethesewhichmakeitclearthatofallthethingsvalued
inthislife,nothingismorepreciousthanprayer.”GregoryofNyssa,Onthe
Lord’sPrayer.
“Dearlybeloved,youhavereceivedthefaithbyhearing;nowlistento...the
Lord’sPrayer...Theangelsstandinaweatwhatyouaregoingtoheartoday.
Heavenmarvels,earthtrembles,fleshdoesnotbearit,hearingdoesnotgrasp
it,theminddoesnotpenetrateit,allcreationcannotsustainit.Idonotdare
toutterit,yetIcannotremainsilent.MayGodenableyoutohearandmeto
speak...”PeterChyrsologus,Sermon67.
Contents
ListofTables ix
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1
1 ThePearlofGreatPrice 3
2 TheWondrousOriginsoftheLord’sPrayer 11
3 TheFloweringoftheLord’sPrayerTradition 45
Conclusion:AJewelofUnsurpassedWorth 123
Notes 133
SelectedBibliography 171
Index 187
List of Tables
2.1 TheLord’sPrayerinMatthewandLuke 12
2.2 TheSatorRotasSquare 22
2.3 TheSatorRotasSquareCross 23
2.4 Tertullian’sVersionoftheLord’sPrayer 25
3.1 Juvencus’PoeticVersionoftheLord’sPrayer 48
3.2 Augustine’sExegeticalComparisoninhis
CommentaryOntheSermonontheMount 96
Acknowledgments
Fortunate are they who need to acknowledge so many that they will
sadly leave someone out, and this is my case. So numerous are those
who have helped me over the years with this manuscript that I am
indeedindebtedtoahostofscholars,friends,andfamilymembers—
andalas,somewhowillgounnamed.Thankstoyouall.
Firstofall,Iamgratefultothepublishers,editors,andtheirstafffor
theircarefulworkandhelponthisvolume.Iamespeciallythankfulfor
the expert readers at Palgrave Macmillan who gave numerous useful
suggestions and for the help of Burke Gerstenschlager, Afrin Kabir,
Samantha Hasey, Rachel Tekula, and Kristy Lilas in shepherding this
projecttocompletion.
I would like to thank all those who have given me clear, sound
adviceandcarefulcounselandencouragement.Inparticular,Icannot
show enough appreciation to John Van Engen, who taught me to be
a critical scholar and student of what he calls “low-flying,” in-depth
scholarly analysis of texts. Likewise, I offer my sincere gratitude to
Lisa Wolverton, Paul Savage, Karlfried Froehlich, Daniel Sheerin,
William Dohar, David Fagerberg, Kathleen Biddick, John Cavadini,
andnumerouspaperrespondentsatvariousconferencesovertheyears.
Those who have been worthy models for my scholarly life are
the faculty and administration at Concordia College. My colleagues
and friends who have supported me and at times read parts of this
work, providing critical and kind emendations, include Jim Aageson,
SomayaAbdullah,AhmedAfzaal,PerAnderson,JimEgge,SamGiere,
Jim Haney, Stewart Herman, Pam Jolicoeur, Joan Kopperud, Basit
Koshul,HildaKoster,MarkKrejci,TammyLanaghan,LesMeyer,Jan
Pranger,ErnestSimmons,ElnaSolvang,andMattStith,butespecially
Larry Alderink, Shawn Carruth, Rene Clausen, Nick Ellig, Michelle
Lelwica,andDavidSprunger.Mydeepestthankstoyouall.