Q&A--Repetitious Prayer

Is Repetitious Prayer condemned?

Written by William Albrecht

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Vain
• Repetition
• Repetitious
• Prayer
• Catholicism
• Catholic
• Legate
• William
• Albrecht
• GOD
• Jesus
• Christ

[WorshipInTruth]

Only a catholic would take Jesus's beautiful message against vain and repitious prayer and turn it into nothing more then a statement against paganism and the worship of false gods. Not sure what site you were reading that off of but it was a failed attempt at making Matthew 6:7 not relevant to the modern Christian in order to uphold corrupted papal tradition.

[gnrhead]

You seem to be misunderstanding the point. The verse as examined in the Biblical Language doesn't speak of vain repetition perse, but the babbling as relevant in paganism. I am sorry that you failed to catch this. I don't read things off of "sites", I read things off of my Nestle Aland Greek Translation or the BGTM translation. Study the issue more in depth, shed your misconceptions and learn the issues at hand. GOD BLESS

[WorshipInTruth]

It is the repeition which makes it "babbling" guy. I know the issues you apparently do not.

[gnrhead]

You know the issues? You seemingly have no CLUE of the issues. The babbling does NOT make it repetitious. The Greek word BATTOLOGEO refers to a BABBLING, not to a REPETITIOUS BABBLING. I suggest you study a bit more instead of coming here and trying to argue against something you don't understand. GOD BLESS

[OneTrueChurch]

Great Video

[gnrhead]

Come on people, the Bible lies when it shows Jesus using vain repetition. Come on people, we can't call ANYONE father at all--cause the Bible wasn't clearly referring something to else--even though the original biblical Greek shows it! Give the protestants a break, the Bible doesn't matter to them--CUTTING 7 books out and having an INCOMPLETE Bible is PERFECTLY fine!

LOL to that my incorrect friend.

[jaytami52504]

Prayer is talking to God. Communicating with him with your whole heart. Thanking him or asking him for guidance or understanding. These are all prayers. Why would you have to pray the Our Father prayer 10 times and Holy Mary prayer 10 times to be forgiven of your sins? Nowhere in the Bible does it say this is okay. In fact, it states otherwise. Prayer comes from the heart, in your own words. It has to be sincere from you to God. God knows what we want before we ask......why tell him 10 times?

[WorshipInTruth]

Furthermore, the word "heathen" in Matthew 6:7 can basically be used interchangeably with the word pagan as that is what a heathen is from the judeo-Christian perspective. So Jesus was saying when you pray do not use vain repetition AS DOES THE PAGAN. "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen (pagan) do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking." - Matthew 6:7

catholicism has more in common with paganism then you could possibly imagine.

[WorshipInTruth]

Your conclusion can be easily disproven through simple logic. Jesus was not speaking to pagans when he said that, he was speaking to his followers, by this it can be easily understood that believers in the one true G-d can in fact engage in "vain repetitious prayer" or else he wouldnt of even of had to say that.

[Catholicdrummer]

Great video. Wow, so there are a lot of usless prayers that get prayed given the amount of people that do not believe in the one, true God.

[paxcoder]

Haha. I like when he reads Greek with a Spanish accent. :-) I would read it with Croatian accent. :-P

I thought that "repetitious prayer" verse was meant like saying stuff as if you were saying a mantra instead praying with your whole being.