Lord's Prayer Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Introduction=== <small>'''This subheading and those that follow use the 1662 ''Book of Common Prayer'' (BCP) (see above)'''</small> {{Blockquote | Our Father, which art in heaven}} "Our" indicates that the prayer is that of a group of people who consider themselves children of God and who call God their "Father". "In [[heaven]]" indicates that the Father who is addressed is distinct from human fathers on earth.{{Sfn|Hahn|2002}} [[Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]] interpreted "heaven" (''coelum'', sky) in this context as meaning "in the hearts of the righteous, as it were in His holy temple".<ref>Augustine, [http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/16012.htm On the Sermon on the Mount, Book II, Chapter 5, 17β18]; [http://www.augustinus.it/latino/montagna/ original text]</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page