Genesis 22:3

• §1819Article 7 · The VirtuesRead at vatican.va

  “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.

Tertullian

• Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews Chapter 10

  “Accordingly, to begin with, Isaac, when led by his father as a victim, and himself bearing his own “wood,” was even at that early period pointing to Christ’s death; conceded, as He was, as a victim by the Father; carrying, as He did, the “wood” of His own passion.” — editor's note: Comp. Gen. xxii. 1–10 with John xix. 17.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy I.25Book I

  “In his old age he begat a son according to promise, and when the Lord demanded him for sacrifice he did not think he ought to refuse him, although he was his only son.” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 3.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11Book V

  “Again: “Abraham, when he came to the place which God told him of on the third day, looking up, saw the place afar off.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 3, 4.

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• Genesis 32:24

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.

• Genesis 32:25

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.

• Genesis 32:26

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.

• Genesis 32:29

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.

• Genesis 32:30

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.

• Genesis 33:8

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.

• Genesis 34:5

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.

• Exodus 33:18

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11.

• Deuteronomy 30:15

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11.

• Deuteronomy 30:16

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11.

• Psalm 14:1

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.

• Psalm 111:10

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.

• Psalm 112:9

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.

• Proverbs 24:7

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.

• Proverbs 30:2

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11.

• Jeremiah 2:27

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.

• Acts 17:25

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.11.

• Genesis 6:14

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.

• Genesis 15:6

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.