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1964

1964: The “Duvalierist Lord’s Prayer” was disseminated, beginning with the lines “Our Doc, who art in the National Palace for life, hallowed be thy name.” Th…

1964: The “Duvalierist Lord’s Prayer” was disseminated, beginning with the lines “Our Doc, who art in the National Palace for life, hallowed be thy name.” This extreme personalization of power used traditional Christian liturgical forms to reinforce the president’s claims to divine authority.

Source  ·  p. 233 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 233