Some places on the Internet where Matthew 6:9-15 is called the "model prayer":
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%206%3A5-15&version=NKJV
https://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotionals/model-prayer
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%206%3A9-13&version=HCSB
https://www.newcovenantgj.org/the-model-prayer/
https://bible.org/seriespage/3-paternoster-model-prayer-matthew-69-15
Numerous examples here: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C34&q=matthew+6+%22model+prayer%22&btnG=
Thursday, November 23, 2023
Matthew 6:9-15--Is Calling It the "Model Prayer" Wrong?
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This is not surprising - figured id seen the saying outside the Org.
ironic how its called the "model" prayer, yet accounts differ on what Jesus said.
normally a model to follow is what you would almost exactly. (However in this case we know otherwise)
I haven't checked the scholarly literature on this one, but to me, a model might be exactly what one is supposed to follow or might not b. Would it not depend? IMHO, the prayer supplies a framework, but I don't believe Jesus was encouraging us to remember the prayer by rote. Secondly, model prayer is what some call it. Others refer to the prayer as the Pater Noster while some scholars call it, the disciples' prayer or the Lord's Prayer.
considering in the light of the scripture that talks about not "scripting" prayers - I would understand it as covering what we can pray about (Jesus maybe omitted something) and perhaps how we should address God.
Tho we know we have no NT manuscript with the Divine name in it, it seems unlikely for God to want us to use his name and then just stop in a "new age", though it wasn't used - it may be one of those things where it is self evident to the readers of the time.
I haven't found any new references (except the one I posted recently - offtopic) on what the church fathers called that prayer
this word is usually translated "model" (https://biblehub.com/greek/5261.htm) however it hardly means "exact"
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