A change to the Lord's Prayer has been approved by Pope Francis.

The Lord's Prayer is laid out for Christians in Matthew 6:5-14 and provides believers with a model for how we should pray.

As of Monday, the pope altered verse 13 of the prayer from its original form, "lead us not into temptation," to "do not let us fall into temptation," as part of his revised third edition of the Italian Missal, which contains both the Lord's Prayer and Gloria.

It's a change that Pope Francis believed necessary, as the original form implies that God, contrary to his good, perfect, and holy nature, intentionally leads people into situations of temptation himself.

US Catholic reported the change on Monday, though it was enacted officially on May 22, 2019. The phrase has often inspired debate amongst Christians trying to discern the real meaning behind "lead us not." According to some theologians, a better translation would read, "abandon us not when in temptation."

Theologian Charles Spurgeon, however, argued that the original Greek translation of "lead us not" is indeed the best one, as "God tempts no man."

"For God to tempt in the sense of enticing to sin (is) inconsistent with his nature, and altogether contrary to his known character; but for God to lead us into those conflicts with evil which we call temptations, is not only possible but usual."

The pope also made changes Gloria, revising “Peace on earth to people of good will” to “Peace on Earth to people beloved by God.”