Galatians 4:23 (WEB)
However, the son by the servant was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
Catechism · 1
The New Law is called a law of love because it makes us act out of the love infused by the Holy Spirit, rather than from fear; a law of grace, because it confers the strength of grace to act, by means of faith and…
Fathers and councils · 12
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus IV.44Book IV
“Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the Mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.”” — editor's note: Cf. Gal. iv. 21–24.
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“Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 21–24.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIV.8Conference XIV
“For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not, break forth and cry, thou that travailest not, for many are the children of the desolate more than of her that hath an husband.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22–27.
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Jerome
“Hagar and Sarah, or Sinai and Zion, are typical of the two testaments.” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22–26.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…people, (for not monsters and prodigies were born, to lead the mind to some presignification,) nevertheless asserteth that they signify the two Testaments; and saith of that marvellous benefit which God bestowed upon His people Israel to rescue them out of the bondage in which they in Egypt were oppressed, and of…” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22–24
Read the whole comment“But that Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22–26
Read the whole comment“And we, brethren, are not children of the bond woman, but of the free, in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 21–31.
Read the whole comment“…to God in the earth: but there are some things among them which are understood to pertain to both,—to the bond maid properly, to the free woman figuratively.” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22–31.
Read the whole comment“Hence, that Jerusalem on earth was the shadow of the heavenly Jerusalem, the mother of us all, which is in heaven; and these are the apostle’s words.” — editor's note: Gen. xxi. 10; Gal. iv. 22–30.
Read the whole comment“…to the Jerusalem that is free, our eternal mother in heaven, the spiritual Sarah, who casteth out the bond maid and her children from the house of liberty.” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22–31.
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Tertullian
“What that digamy of Abraham portends, the same apostle fully teaches, the interpreter of each testament, just as he likewise lays it down that our “seed” is called in Isaac.” — editor's note: See Gal. iv. 21–31.
Read the whole comment“…the promise of (Christ’s) holy church; by reason of which he adds in conclusion: “So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond woman, but of the free.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 21–26, 31.
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Cross-references · 16
Cited together in The City of God XVII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XVII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XVII.3.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.44.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.44.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.44.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.44.
Cited together in The City of God XV.2.
Cited together in The City of God XV.2.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.