Genesis 22:6

• §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.

Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.5Book IV

  “Righteously also do we, possessing the same faith as Abraham, and taking up the cross as Isaac did the wood, follow Him.” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 6.

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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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Ephrem the Syrian

• Ephrem the Syrian, Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 6

  “Sarah had lulled Isaac, who as a slave bare the Image of the King his Master on his shoulders, even the sign of His Cross; yea, on his hands were bandages and sufferings, a type of the nails.” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 6.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity II.6Book II

  “For that rock was a thing already created, and after the mode of its action was called by the name of Christ, whom it signified; like the stone placed under Jacob’s head, and also anointed, which he took in order to signify the Lord; or as Isaac was Christ, when he carried the wood for the sacrifice of himself.” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 6

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• Genesis 30:1

  Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 6.

• Exodus 3:6

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.

• 1 Samuel 1:7

  Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 6.

• Psalm 45:16

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.

• Isaiah 12:4

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.

• Isaiah 43:10

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.

• Matthew 22:29

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.

• Mark 6:3

  Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 6.

• John 8:56

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.

• John 11:25

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.

• Romans 4:3

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.

• Ephesians 2:7

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.

• Philippians 2:15

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.

• Genesis 14:22

  Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.