Isaiah 66:13

The Father

• §239Paragraph 2 · The FatherRead at vatican.va

  “God's parental tenderness can also be expressed by the image of motherhood,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Is 66:13; Ps 131:2.

Man

• §370Paragraph 6 · ManRead at vatican.va

  “But the respective "perfections" of man and woman reflect something of the infinite perfection of God: those of a mother and those of a father and husband.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Is 49:14-15; 66: 13; Ps 131:2-3; Hos 11:1-4; Jer 3:4- 19.

Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies V.15Book V

  “And again: “I will comfort you, and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem: and ye shall see, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish as the grass; and the hand of the Lord shall be known to those who worship Him.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxvi. 13.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor I.5Book I

  ““Their children,” it is said, “shall be borne upon their shoulders, and fondled on their knees; as one whom his mother comforteth, so also shall I comfort you.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxvi. 12, 13.

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• Jeremiah 1:5

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.

• Ezekiel 37:1

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.

• Ezekiel 37:12

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.

• John 5:14

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.

• John 9:3

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.

• John 9:7

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.

• Ephesians 3:14

  Cited together in Catechism §239.

• Genesis 1:25

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.

• Genesis 2:7

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.

• Psalm 27:10

  Cited together in Catechism §239.

• Psalm 131:2

  Cited together in Catechism §239.

• Isaiah 26:19

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.

• Isaiah 49:15

  Cited together in Catechism §239.

• Isaiah 65:22

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.