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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Ah! how great a dignity! He vouchsafed "to be called their God." What dost thou say? He is called the God of the earth, and the God of Heaven, and hast thou set it down as a great thing that "He is not ashamed to be called their God"? Great and truly great this is, and a proof of exceeding blessedness. How? Because He is called God of earth and of heaven as also of the Gentiles: in that He created and formed them: but God of those holy men, not in this sense, but as some true friend. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
And since he did not return, it is clear that he was not remembering it and it was not his homeland, but he desired another, better homeland, that is, a heavenly one, into which he had not yet had time to enter. By virtue of such virtue, he says, they are so great before God that He, being the God of the whole world, both invisible and visible, is not ashamed to call Himself specifically their God (Ex. …
Oecumenius
"Therefore God is not ashamed." For just as God is called the God of the world, so Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are called by Him, having made them counterparts of creation. And this is the greatest honor, to deem God to be called their God. For just as God is adorned by the patriarchs, so He is called the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. "for He has prepared a city for them." God is not ashamed to be called their God. And therefore, He says, He is not ashamed because He has fulfilled their desire. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
599. – Then (v. 16b) he shows what they merit to receive by their faith. But this was the highest honor, when someone gets a name derived from a solemn office or from the service of a great and excellent lord or prince, as the Pope's notary, or the king's chancellor. But it is a greater honor, when that great lord wishes to be named after those who serve him. So it is with these three, namely, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, whose Lord, the great King over all other gods, specifically calls Himself their God; hence, (Ex. …
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