Hebrews 11:8 (WEB)
By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
Catechism · 1
“The Letter to the Hebrews, in its great eulogy of the faith of Israel's ancestors, lays special emphasis on Abraham's faith: "By faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was to go."” — Catechism footnote: Heb 11:8; cf. Gen 12:1-4.
Fathers and councils · 6
Gregory of Nyssa
“He indeed, if in the lofty spirit of the Apostle we may take the words allegorically, and so penetrate to the inner sense of the history, without losing sight of the truth of its facts—he, I say, went out by Divine command from his own country and kindred on a journey worthy of a prophet eager for the knowledge of God.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 8.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Through faith he left his parents; left country, and place, and home through faith.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 8–10.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…and another in another; according to which Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Moses, and David, and all those commended by the mouth of God were righteous, but were judged unrighteous by foolish men, judging out of man’s judgment, and gauging by the petty standard of their own manners the manners of the whole…” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 8–40.
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John Chrysostom
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Jerome
“Or if you will be perfect, go out with Abraham from your country and from your kindred, and go whither you know not.” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 1; Heb. xi. 8.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…bondage of his father’s gods, she is the daughter as well as the mother of the free; he went out from kindred and home for the sake of the land of promise, she was the occasion of his exile; for on this head alone I venture to claim for her an honour higher than that of Sarah; he set forth on so noble a…” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 1; Heb. xi. 8.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Catechism §145.
Cited together in Catechism §145.
Cited together in Catechism §145.
Cited together in Catechism §145.
Cited together in Catechism §145.