Why doesn't the Catholic Church add "For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, now and forever, amen." to the end of the Lord's Prayer?
-answered by Father Greg 9-16-26
The Catholic Church doesn't treat this added line as an official part of the Lord's Prayer. This is known as a liturgical response called a doxology, a short hymn of praise, and is usually only said during the celebration of the Mass.
It has its origins with early Christians who added it when they prayed the Lord's Prayer during their worship service (Mass), following the Jewish custom of ending prayers with short hymns of praise. Scribes later copied the familiar liturgical ending into some later Gospel manuscripts, which is why the Kings James Version and many other Protestant bibles include it as if it belonged to the original prayer.
-answered by Father Greg 9-16-26
The Catholic Church doesn't treat this added line as an official part of the Lord's Prayer. This is known as a liturgical response called a doxology, a short hymn of praise, and is usually only said during the celebration of the Mass.
It has its origins with early Christians who added it when they prayed the Lord's Prayer during their worship service (Mass), following the Jewish custom of ending prayers with short hymns of praise. Scribes later copied the familiar liturgical ending into some later Gospel manuscripts, which is why the Kings James Version and many other Protestant bibles include it as if it belonged to the original prayer.
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