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Lord's prayer used in preparation for baptism in anabaptist history?

Started by Jeremy Martin
December 30, 2025
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Jeremy Martin OP
December 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#1
In a video about the Lord's Prayer, John D. Martin said this:

"Jesus gave this wonderful prayer, which the anabaptists used for instruction. You can find some anabaptist documents where they go through this prayer and use it to instruct their applicants as to what it really means to live the Christian life."

https://youtu.be/3rRSQJPD6dU?t=413

I've looked in the books "Introduction to Theology" and "Separated unto God" both by J. C. Wenger, and in "Doctrines of the Bible" by Daniel Kauffman, and online several places, but could not find a mention of this.

Is anyone familiar with this in anabaptist history or the documents that John D. Martin is referring? I think that would be valuable to review if the documents can be found.


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Winfred Yoder
December 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#2

I just read the book "A Glimpse at Early Christian Church Life" by Tertullian. He has 2 relatively short chapters on the Lord's Prayer, where he goes in to detail on each phrase of the Lord's Prayer similar to what John did. But, I realize that is from a totally different time frame than what you're looking for....

Jeremy Martin OP
December 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#3

Thanks for the info about Tertullian and his comments on the Lord's prayer! I will look up the quote and add it to my study on the Lord's prayer. Thanks again!

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