Genesis 32:25

• §2573Article 1 · In the Old TestamentRead at vatican.va

  “From this account, the spiritual tradition of the Church has retained the symbol of prayer as a battle of faith and as the triumph of perseverance.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 32:24-30; Lk 18:1-8.

Origen

• Origen, A Letter from Origen to Africanus

  “And the sun rose, when the vision of God passed by.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 24–31.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 1

  “…that the lord of Mesopotamia had failed to find anything among his baggage, and there swore that he would never return to the place of his bondage; and when,after wrestling with the angel at the brook Jabbok, he began to limp, because the great muscle of his thigh was withered, he at once gained the name of…” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 25, 28, 31.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 22

  “So, also, when his thigh shrank after the Lord had wrestled with him, he ceased to beget children.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 24, 25.

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Justin Martyr

• Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 58

  “And Jacob called the name of that place Peniel, for I saw God face to face, and my soul rejoiced.’” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 22–30.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 45

  “And because the greater part believed not, and but few believed, therefore that a halting might be produced, He touched “the breadth of his thigh.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 25.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The Enchiridion Chapter 59

  “For these methods of communication seem to imply that the angels have not tangible bodies, and make it a very difficult question to solve how the patriarchs washed their feet, and how it was that Jacob wrestled with the angel in a way so unmistakeably material.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 24, 25

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus Book 2

  “Nor was that sign without a purpose, the ladder from earth to heaven, wherein was seen the future fellowship between men and angels through the cross of Christ, whose thigh was paralyzed, that in his thigh he might recognize the Heir of his body, and foretell by the paralyzing of his thigh the Passion of his Heir.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 25.

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

  “What greater fortitude than his in striving with God?” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 24–26.

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• 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.

• 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.

• Jeremiah 2:27

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

• Zechariah 1:9

  Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 59.

• Matthew 1:20

  Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 59.

• 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.

• Genesis 18:4

  Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 59.

• Genesis 22:3

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