Fathers

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What the Fathers say

Genesis 22:7

Western Saints

Ambrose of Milan

Therefore he brings his well-beloved son to be sacrificed, and offered promptly him whom he had received late; nor is he restrained by being called by the name of father, when his son called him "Father," and he replied, "My son." Dear pledges of love are these names, but the commands of God are loved still more. And so although their hearts felt for each other, their purpose remained firm. …

On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus, Book 2, Section 97 ↗