Genesis 17:5 (WEB)
Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Catechism · 2
The Virtues
“Christian hope takes up and fulfills the hope of the chosen people which has its origin and model in the hope of Abraham, who was blessed abundantly by the promises of God fulfilled in Isaac, and who was purified by the test of the sacrifice.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 17:4-8; 22:1-18.
The Revelation of God
“"In you all the nations of the earth shall be blessed."” — Catechism footnote: Gen 17:5; 12:3 (LXX); cf. Gal 3:8
Fathers and councils · 8
Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
“For Abraham, who received the first sacrament (Gen. 17:5.) of circumcision, was on the day of his circumcision thought worthy to be blessed by the increase of his name.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Being faithful in these things, he was sealed for righteousness, and received circumcision as a seal of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, having received a promise that he should be the father of many nations.” — editor's note: Gen. xvii. 5.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“In addition to these is the work On those whose Names have been changed and why they have been changed,in which he says that he had written also two books On Covenants.” — editor's note: περὶ τῶν μετονομαζομένων καὶ ὧν ἓνεκα μετονομ€ζονται, De Mutatione nominum. Upon Gen. xvii. 1–22. This work is still extant, and is given by Mangey, I.…
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Tertullian
“For albeit it is subsequently that he is called “a father of many nations,” still it is of those (nations) who, as the fruit of the “faith” which precedes digamy, had to be accounted “sons of Abraham.”” — editor's note: See Gen. xvii. 5.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…grandfather Abraham’s name was changed (for he too was first called Abram, and God changed his name, and said, “Thou shall not be called Abram, but Abraham”); from that time he was not called Abram.” — editor's note: Gen. xvii. 5.
Read the whole comment“…unto him, I am God; be well-pleasing in my sight, and be without complaint, and I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will fill thee exceedingly.”” — editor's note: Gen. xvii. 1–22. The passage is given in full by Augustin.
Read the whole comment“And I will give thee a son of Sarah; and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him,”—a promise which we now see fulfilled in Christ,—from that time forward this couple are not called in Scripture, as formerly, Abram and Sarai, but Abraham and…” — editor's note: Gen. xvii. 5, 6, 16.
Read the whole comment“Thus it was said to Abraham, “I have set thee as the father of many nations,” though in another place it was said to him, “In thy seed shall all nations be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xvii. 5, and xxii. 18.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in Bede on Luke 2:21 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §59.
Cited together in The City of God XVI.28.
Cited together in The City of God XVI.28.
Cited together in Catechism §59.
Cited together in Catechism §59.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.