On the Lord's Prayer 25
Summary: 'Do not allow us to be led into temptation' teaches that the devil can do nothing unless God permits it.
Latin text · CSEL 3.1:285–286
Illud quoque necessarie monet Dominus ut in oratione dicamus: et ne patiaris nos induci in temptationem. qua in parte ostenditur nihil contra nos aduersarium posse, nisi Deus ante permiserit, ut omnis timor noster et deuotio adque obseruatio ad Deum conuertatur, quando in temptationibus nihil malo liceat, nisi potestas inde tribuatur. probat scriptura quae dicit: uenit Nabuchodonosor rex Babyloniae in Hierusalem et expugnabat eam, et dedit eam Dominus in manu eius. datur autem potestas aduersum nos malo secundum nostra peccata, sicut scriptum est: quis dedit in direptionem Iacob et Israel eis qui praedabantur illum? nonne Deus cui peccauerunt et nolebant in uiis eius ambulare neque audire legem eius, et superduxit super eos iram animationis suae? et iterum Salomone peccante et a praeceptis adque a uiis Domini recedente positum est: et excitauit Dominus Satanan ipsi Salomoni.
English · Claude translation
The Lord also necessarily warns us to say in prayer: "And do not allow us to be led into temptation." In this part it is shown that the adversary can do nothing against us unless God has first permitted it, so that all our fear and devotion and attention may be turned to God, since in temptations nothing is lawful for the evil one unless power is granted from there. Scripture proves it, saying: "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it, and the Lord gave it into his hand." And power is given to the evil one against us according to our sins, as it is written: "Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to those who plundered him? Was it not God, against whom they sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, nor hear his law? And he brought upon them the wrath of his fury." And again, when Solomon sinned and departed from the precepts and ways of the Lord, it is set down: "And the Lord stirred up Satan against Solomon himself."
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Translation notes
- The quotations are Dan 1:1–2, Isa 42:24–25, and 1 Kgs 11:14 (3 Kgdms LXX), where the Latin has "Satan" for the Hebrew "adversary".
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: misread letters.): Qlnd quoque → Illud quoque.
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Cyprian, Dom. or. 25 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyprian-dominica-oratione/25/).
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Cyprian, Dom. or. 25 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyprian-dominica-oratione/25/).
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