Pope Francis’ recently stated concern over the current wording of the Lord’s Prayer is not a new debate, according to an official with the Roman Catholic Church.
In a recent interview with an Italian television station, Pope Francis said he supported changing the Lord’s Prayer petition “lead us not into temptation” to “do not let us fall into temptation.”
Fr. Andrew Menke, executive director for the Secretariat of Divine Worship at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, told The Christian Post that this debate is an old one.
“The Catechism of the Catholic Church already pointed out the difficulty of translating the Greek text of the Lord’s Prayer in the Bible, so this isn’t a new issue,” said Menke.
“Pope Benedict XVI also wrote extensively about the difficulty of the passage, and of the proper way to understand it. It should also be mentioned that Jesus often said things that require us to ponder.”
Menke also told CP that he was not aware of any report that the pope had “initiated any formal process for reviewing or revising that part of the prayer in other…
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