Genesis 4:26 (WEB)
A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the LORD’s name.
Catechism · 2
The Sixth Commandment
“All human generations proceed from this union.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 4:1-2, 25-26; 5:1.
In the Old Testament
“Prayer is lived in the first place beginning with the realities of creation. the first nine chapters of Genesis describe this relationship with God as an offering of the first-born of Abel's flock, as the invocation of the divine name at the time of Enosh, and as "walking with God.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 4:4, 26; Gen 5:24.
Fathers and councils · 5
Jerome
“But if Enoch was translated, and Noah was preserved at the deluge, I do not think that Enoch was translated because he had a wife, but because he was the first to call upon God and to believe in the Creator; and the Apostle Paul fully instructs us concerning him in the Epistle to the Hebrews.” — editor's note: But see Gen. iv. 26.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“The Lord then says to Moses, I will pass by before thee with My glory, and will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee.” — editor's note: Ex. xxxiii. 19. Literally “will call in the name of the Lord (Jehovah):” compare Gen. iv. 26.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“XVIII. Thus Enos “hoped to call upon the Name of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 26. The verb has by some been taken as passive, and not middle, “hoped that the Name of the Lord would be called upon.”
Read the whole comment“Enos first ventured to call upon the Lord.” — editor's note: Ib. iv. 26.
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Augustine of Hippo
““And to Seth,” it is said, “there was born a son, and he called his name Enos: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord God.”” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 26.
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in Catechism §2335.
Cited together in The City of God XV.18.
Cited together in The City of God XV.18.
Cited together in The City of God XV.18.
Cited together in The City of God XV.18.
Cited together in Catechism §2335.