II. The First Request

Name: Small Catechism - II. The First Request
Author: Martin Luther

May Your name be holy.

Q.What does this mean?

A.Of course, God’s name is holy in and of itself, but by this request, we pray that He will make it holy among us, too.

Q.How does this take place?

A.When God’s Word is taught clearly and purely, and when we live holy lives as God’s children based upon it.Help us, Heavenly Father, to do this! But anyone who teaches and lives by something other than God’s Word defiles God’s name among us. Protect us from this, Heavenly Father!

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Chicago: Martin Luther, "II. The First Request," Small Catechism in The Small Catechism, Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921), 538–559. Original Sources, accessed July 2, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PW9GVAC8MVV2T4T.

MLA: Luther, Martin. "II. The First Request." Small Catechism, in The Small Catechism, Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. Louis, Concordia Publishing House, 1921, pp. 538–559. Original Sources. 2 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PW9GVAC8MVV2T4T.

Harvard: Luther, M, 'II. The First Request' in Small Catechism. cited in 1921, The Small Catechism, Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, pp.538–559. Original Sources, retrieved 2 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PW9GVAC8MVV2T4T.