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A Simple Way to Pray

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A Simple Way to Pray for Master Peter the Barber (German: Eine einfältige weise zu beten für ein guten freund, 1535) is a short book by Protestant reformer Martin Luther.

Luther gives the Our Father, Ten Commandments and Apostolic Creed, which are the main content of his Small Catechism,[1] showing by example, how they can be meditated and contemplated. This is done in a manner of four stranded chaplet. The four strands consist of:[2]

  • Instruction
  • Thanksgiving
  • Confession of sins
  • Prayer petitions

Original German text

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  • WA 38:359-375

References

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  1. ^ A Simple Way to Pray Shepherd the Flock
  2. ^ A Simple Way to Pray by Rev. Matthew L.G. Zickler, Lutheranreformation.org
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