Open AccessGuds børn og Fadervor (II)
Author(s) -
Nils Arne Pedersen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
dansk teologisk tidsskrift
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1902-3898
pISSN - 0105-3191
DOI - 10.7146/dtt.v83i1-2.124180
Subject(s) - baptism , prayer , theology , danish , philosophy , religious studies , linguistics
In the baptismal ritual of the Danish Church, the Lord’s Prayer has since 1912 been placed after baptism while it formerly was placed before, as in Luther’s Taufbüchlein. Two consecutive articles argue that the replacement in 1912 was influenced by Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig’s theology. The present second article deals with the different translations of Biblical passages central to the baptizee as a child of God, and attempts to demonstrate that Grundtvig identified the Lord’s Prayer with the Abba-cry mentioned in Romans 8:15 and Galatians 4:6. Thus, the Lord’s Prayer had its role to play after baptism and furthermore functioned for the believer as a daily confirmation and an inner assurance of salvation.