The Lord's Prayer: Martin Chemnitz ; Translated by I.E. Edited by Georg Williams [Paperback]

Martin Chemnitz (Author), Georg Williams (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Concordia Publishing House (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0570042836
• ISBN-13: 978-0570042839
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #615,340 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Short, yet profound discussion of the Lord's Prayer, September 22, 2005

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the_sheep (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lord's Prayer: Martin Chemnitz ; Translated by I.E. Edited by Georg Williams (Paperback)

In this book, Chemnitz steps through the Lord's Prayer, petition by petition, and does what he does best: provide data(other Bible passages, church father quotes) and thought-provoking examples. And LOTS of them. While this work is very short, it is dense in thought. A book that is not meant to be read, but studied and meditated upon, working through the passages and studying their contexts. At the end of every petition, Chemnitz asks the reader to take what he said, and reflect on the prayer with 4 questions. If you take the time to digest Chemnitz' words with prayer and meditation, you will take away a lot on the Lord's Prayer. Highly recommended!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Neglected but Vital Resource on Prayer, May 2, 2006

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rodboomboom (Dearborn, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lord's Prayer: Martin Chemnitz ; Translated by I.E. Edited by Georg Williams (Paperback)

Neglected Doctrine (Prayer) by Neglected Theologian (Chemnitz). So interesting that this work on prayer was translated so early (circa 1598) into English in Cambridge. Copies of this survived to be updated into 21st century language by seminarian Williams.

Chemnitz prefaces his petition by petition exposition of Jesus' prayer by stating why pray examination. He concludes rightly with 8 benefits/blessings: small number of words; who to pray to; how and what for; what to ask; in what order; by what means; for what end.

This fine insight into original Greek and Hebrew texts is richly seasoned with church fathers and Luther.

Worthy to be a utilized and promoted prayer aid.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fine Exposition, November 11, 2011

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Quentin D. Stewart - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lord's Prayer: Martin Chemnitz ; Translated by I.E. Edited by Georg Williams (Paperback)

Initially it was unknown whence came this work of Chemnitz. Actually it is an exposition of the Lord's Prayer found in his "Harmony of the Gospels" - a massive work that would only later by completed by Polycarp Leyser and Johann Gerhard.

This is a fine exposition of the Lord's Prayer that many will find helpful, but it is not Chemnitz's finest work when compared to the major dogmatic treatises he wrote on the Lord's Supper, Christology, his Examination of the Council of Trent and his role as a one of the chief formulators of the Formula of Concord. Also, please know CPH has placed this small work in the same edition as Chemnitz's "Enchiridion" and his treatise "The Lord's Supper."

Still highly recommended