Społeczne przesłanie prośby „chleba naszego powszedniego daj nam dzisiaj” w komentarzach Ojców Kościoła do Modlitwy Pańskiej

• Authors: Paweł Wygralak

Title variants

EN

The social message of the fourth petition in the Lord’s Prayer “give us this day our daily bread” in the commentaries of the Church Fathers

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article discusses the problem of social message of the Fourth Petition in the Lord’s Prayer: “Give us this day our daily bread”. As Fathers of the Church comment on the content of the request, they find its fulfillment “in the hands” of the Christian themselves. This prayer will be answered insofar as the one in prayer adopts the right attitude towards material goods. According to the most ancient commentators, Disciple of Christ should care only about what is indispensable for everyday life. In addition, it is important to ask for bread only “this day” whereas “tomorrow” should be entrusted to God’s Providence. Here they often like to ap­peal to the Christ’s parable of the rich man, who yielded an abundant harvest (Lk 12, 16-20). Few Fathers, especially Cyprian of Carthage, Gregory of Nyssa and Pseudo-Chrysostom point out that the request for daily bread demands the active help to the needy, as well as the prevention of all forms of social injustice.

Keywords

PL

chleb powszedni; Ojcowie Kościoła; sprawiedliwość społeczna; Boża Opatrzność; Modlitwa Pańska; Ojcze nasz

EN

daily bread; Church Fathers; social justice; God’s Providence; Lord's Prayer; Our Father

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Vox Patrum
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 62
• Pages: 551-562

Dates

published

2014-09-04

Contributors

author

Paweł Wygralak

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/vp.3602