| 单词 | the father of faith |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe father of (the) faith c. the father of (the) faith and variants. extracted from fathern.ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 1904 Whan Peter, fader of the feith, At domesdai schal with him bringe Judeam, which thurgh his prechinge He wan. (b) The biblical patriarch Abraham. Cf. the father of the faithful at Phrases 1d. ΚΠ 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. vi. xix. f. liiiiv Quhen our Lord was to destroy the forsaid citeis he reuelit the same destructioun to Abraham, the first father of our faith. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. aiijv Abraham the father of fayth. 1719 Evening-office of Church (ed. 2) 50/2 The great Father of our Faith, Abraham, offer'd a Holocaust on the Altar for his Son. 1867 T. Crosse Lect. Early Script. (ed. 2) xi. 270 Here Abraham, the father of faith,..is described as tempted through the agency of the woman. 1977 G. Gutiérrez in G. Gutiérrez et al. Liberation & Change i. iii. 91 Him who Paul calls the father of the faith. 2006 Times 11 Nov. 70/4 A fellow chaplain reminded me that Abraham, the father of faith, was told by God that his descendants would be as many as the stars in the sky. < as lemmas |
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