Pope Francis Approves a Key Change to the Lord's Prayer, Many Voice Their Objection

Tyler O'Neil : Jun 4, 2019
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"This is the Lord's Prayer. It is not, and has never been, the pope's prayer, and we have the very words of Jesus in the New Testament. It is those very words that the pope proposes to change. It is not only deeply problematic, it's almost breathtaking." -R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, to the Times

[PJ Media] Last month, Pope Francis approved a change in the wording of the Lord's Prayer, the prayer Jesus taught His followers to pray (Matthew 6:9-15). Francis rejected the traditional language "lead us not into temptation," replacing it with "do not let us fall into temptation." This switch also cuts against the plain translation of the original Greek. Some Roman Catholics have spoken out against the change, which goes against tradition and separates them from Protestants... (Image: via Wikipedia)

...In December 2017, Pope Francis argued that the "lead us not into temptation" is "not a good translation." He argued that God the Father does not lead people into temptation, but satan does. "A father doesn't do that," he said. "He helps you get up right away. What induces into temptation is satan"...

In 2017, Monsignor Charles Pope laid out three key reasons why he opposed Pope Francis's proposed changes to the Lord's Prayer. "First, 'lead us not into temptation' is the most straightforward and linguistically accurate rendering of the Greek," he wrote. "Second, in the English-speaking world the Lord's Prayer is one of the few prayers we have in common with non-Catholics."

Finally, he noted, "if we change the translation, we miss a teachable moment"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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