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Punctuation can often be misleading, especially when translators are faced with punctuating a text which has no punctuation. And so when we read the Lord's Prayer in the Gospel of Saint Matthew we are perhaps accustomed to reading the first part like this, Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven...
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What does ‘On Earth As It Is In Heaven’ mean?
Punctuation can often be misleading, especially when translators are faced with punctuating a text which has no punctuation. And so when we read the Lord's Prayer in the Gospel of Saint Matthew we are perhaps accustomed to reading the first part like this, Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven...
Continued below.
What does ‘On Earth As It Is In Heaven’ mean?