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: a invocação inicial e os três primeiros pedidos : uma leitura de Mt 6,9-10

Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation is to study the Lord's Prayer, namely, the initial
invocation and the first three requests, presenting a possible reading of Matthew 6,9-10. We believe it to be opportune for the man of our day, once which the Lord's Prayer is an effective catechetical instrument that enables us to make known the God revealed in Jesus Christ. Thus the Fathers of the Church understood it, who saw in the Our Father a «summary of the whole Gospel». In fact, we begin by elaborating a pragmatic approach to the contexts in which the mateana work (geographic, historical and political, social and religious, economic) is
inscribed. That said, we attempt in the text that gave rise to it, in its comprehensive literary setting (Gospel of Matthew and Sermon on the Mount), near (alms, prayer, fasting) and in their intertextualities of greater importance. Arrived at the heart of the matter - the theology of Matthew 6,9-10 -, we identify the one to whom we address in the initial invocation: not a tyrant sir, but a Father (abba). Then, we pray for the sanctification of his Name, which is the same as asking us to be holy as He is holy. Subsequently, we desire the coming of his
Kingdom, Jesus Christ himself, and, finally, we ask that our will be conformed to the divine.

Date of Award	10 Jan 2018
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	João Alberto Correia (Supervisor)