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Led not into temptation: pope approves change to Lord's Prayer
Source: The Guardian
Led not into temptation: pope approves change to Lord's Prayer
New wording for Catholics asks God not to ‘let us fall into temptation’
Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent
Thu 6 Jun 2019 15.04 BST Last modified on Thu 6 Jun 2019 22.51 BST
Its words are memorised by Christian children all over the world and repeated at almost every act of Christian worship: “Our Father, who art in heaven….”
Now Pope Francis has risked the wrath of traditionalists by approving a change to the wording of the Lord’s Prayer. Instead of saying “lead us not into temptation”, it will say “do not let us fall into temptation”.
The new wording was approved by the general assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Italy last month. It will appear in the third edition of the Messale Romano, the liturgical book that contains the guiding texts for mass in the Roman Catholic church.
The pope said in 2017 he believed the wording should be altered.
“It is not a good translation because it speaks of a God who induces temptation,” he told Italian TV. “I am the one who falls. It’s not him pushing me into temptation to then see how I have fallen.
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New wording for Catholics asks God not to ‘let us fall into temptation’
Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent
Thu 6 Jun 2019 15.04 BST Last modified on Thu 6 Jun 2019 22.51 BST
Its words are memorised by Christian children all over the world and repeated at almost every act of Christian worship: “Our Father, who art in heaven….”
Now Pope Francis has risked the wrath of traditionalists by approving a change to the wording of the Lord’s Prayer. Instead of saying “lead us not into temptation”, it will say “do not let us fall into temptation”.
The new wording was approved by the general assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Italy last month. It will appear in the third edition of the Messale Romano, the liturgical book that contains the guiding texts for mass in the Roman Catholic church.
The pope said in 2017 he believed the wording should be altered.
“It is not a good translation because it speaks of a God who induces temptation,” he told Italian TV. “I am the one who falls. It’s not him pushing me into temptation to then see how I have fallen.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/06/led-not-into-temptation-pope-approves-change-to-lords-prayer