Genesis 19:13 (WEB)
for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown so great before the LORD that the LORD has sent us to destroy it.”
Catechism · 1
“The catechetical tradition also recalls that there are "sins that cry to heaven": the blood of Abel, The sin of the Sodomites,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 18:20; 19:13.
Fathers and councils · 2
Tertullian
“Lot, withal, the brother of Abraham, proves that it was for the merits of righteousness, without observance of the law, that he was freed from the conflagration of the Sodomites.” — editor's note: See Gen. xix. 1–29; and comp. 2 Pet. ii. 6–9.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And Lot said unto them, Oh! not so, my lord: behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight,” etc. What is meant by his saying to them, “Oh! not so, my lord,” if He who was the Lord had already departed, and had sent the angels?” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 1–19
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Cross-references · 12
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