Isaiah 43:1

The Second Commandment

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  “God calls each one by name.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Isa 43:1; Jn 10:3.

I Believe in God

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  “…love. and thanks to the prophets Israel understood that it was again out of love that God never stopped saving them and pardoning their unfaithfulness and sins.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Is 43:1-7; Hos 2.

The Creator

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  “He who chose the patriarchs, who brought Israel out of Egypt, and who by choosing Israel created and formed it, this same God reveals himself as the One to whom belong all the peoples of the earth, and the whole earth itself; he is the One who alone "made heaven and earth".” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Is 43:1; Pss 115:15; 124:8; 134:3.

Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, Answer to Eunomius' Second Book Chapter 1

  “But the names which the Lord gives to such stars we may plainly learn from the prophecy of Esaias, which says, “I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine.”” — editor's note: Is. xliii. 1.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 11

  “And if thou passest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, and the flame shall not burn thee; for I, the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, am He who maketh thee safe.”” — editor's note: Isa. xliii. 1–3.

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, The Refutation of All Heresies V.3Book V

  “In reply to him, it has, says he, been declared, “Israel, thou art my child: fear not; even though thou passest through rivers, they shall not drown thee; even though thou passest through fire, it shall not scorch thee.”” — editor's note: Isa. xli. 8; xliii. 1, 2.

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• John 10:3

  Cited together in Catechism §2158.

• Acts 17:24

  Cited together in Catechism §287.

• Acts 17:25

  Cited together in Catechism §287.

• Acts 17:26

  Cited together in Catechism §287.

• Acts 17:27

  Cited together in Catechism §287.

• Acts 17:28

  Cited together in Catechism §287.

• Acts 17:29

  Cited together in Catechism §287.

• Romans 1:19

  Cited together in Catechism §287.

• Romans 1:20

  Cited together in Catechism §287.

• Deuteronomy 4:37

  Cited together in Catechism §218.

• Deuteronomy 7:8

  Cited together in Catechism §218.

• Deuteronomy 10:15

  Cited together in Catechism §218.

• Psalm 115:15

  Cited together in Catechism §287.

• Psalm 124:8

  Cited together in Catechism §287.

• Psalm 134:3

  Cited together in Catechism §287.