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On Prayer

Origen · c. 233 AD

5h 30m read
Ante-Nicene

Origen's extended treatise on the nature of prayer, the Lord's Prayer, and the soul's ascent to God.

Table of Contents

1INTRODUCTION2SCRIPTURAL USES OF THE GENERAL WORDS FOR PRAYER3OBJECTIONS TO PRAYER4ANSWER TO OBJECTIONS: MAN’S FREEWILL AND GOD’S FOREKNOWLEDGE5ANSWER TO OBJECTIONS: CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO PRAYER6ANSWER TO OBJECTIONS: HE WHO PRAYS PRAYS NOT ALONE7ANSWER TO OBJECTIONS: THE TRUE PLACE OF PRAYER IN MAN’S LIFE8ANSWER TO OBJECTIONS: SIGNAL INSTANCES OF PRAYER9THE CONTENT OF PRAYER: ITS FOUR MOODS10THE RECIPIENT OF PRAYER IN ITS FOUR MOODS11THE OBJECTS OF PRAYER12THE LORD’S PRAYER: THE PREFACE IN MATTHEW13THE LORD’S PRAYER—OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN14HALLOWED BE THY NAME15THY KINGDOM COME16THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH ALSO AS IN HEAVEN17GIVE US TODAY OUR NEEDFUL BREAD18AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN OUR DEBTORS19AND BRING US NOT INTO TEMPTATION BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL20FORMALITIES OF PRAYER: CONCLUSION