KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger

texts" used by the committee and new versions for their Lord's Prayer. 11

Marcion's mutilated recension of S. Luke's gospel. . .the Lord's Prayer. . is exhibited by codices Aleph, A, B, C, D.. .[T]hey are never able to agree among themselves as to any single various reading.. .of 32 (out of 45) words.. .Besides omitting the eleven words which B omits jointly with Aleph, Drs. Westcott and Hort erase from the Book of Life those other 11 words which are omitted by B only. And in this way it comes to pass that the mutilated condition to which the scalpel of Marcion the heretic reduced the Lord's Prayer some 1730 years ago (for the mischief can all be traced back to him) is palmed off on the Church of England. . .as the work of the Holy Ghost! 12

A Deeper Look

An analysis of each of the deleted or retained sections follows to show 'why' and 'how' New Agers use their version of the Lord's Prayer.

”Our"

"Our" must be removed since it is a clear witness against the New Age belief in the 'universal fatherhood' of God. The concept that God is Father to all, without the adoption that occurs at the new birth, is a maxim of the New Age and the soapbox on which many liberal churches pose. The bible, however, speaks of mankind's distinct division into two camps, described by Jesus to the Pharisees.

I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your Father. . .If God were your Father, ye would love me. . .Ye are of your father the devil. John 8:38, 42, 44