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Cyprian of Carthage, on Matt 6:9
Cyprian of Carthage · c. A.D. 210–258
Matt 6:9 · Douay-Rheims
“Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.”
On this verse:
“(Tr. vii. 7.) Otherwise, we say this not as wishing for God to be made holy by our prayers, but asking of Him for His name to be kept holy in us. For seeing He Himself has said, Be ye holy, for I also am holy, (Lev. 20:7.) it is this that we ask and request that we who have been sanctified in Baptism, may persevere such as we have begun.”
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