| 单词 | the father of the faithful |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe father of the faithful d. the father of the faithful and variants: the biblical patriarch Abraham. Cf. Phrases 1c(b). [After post-classical Latin pater omnium credentium (Vulgate) and its model ancient Greek πατήρ πάντων τῶν πιστευόντων (New Testament).] ΚΠ 1550 J. Hooper in tr. Tertullian Seconde Bk. vnto his Wyf To Rdr. sig. Av Therfore Abraham the father of the faythfulles bounde his seruaunte by an othe that he shoulde not take any of the doughters of Canaan for hys sonne Isaac. 1652 T. Hodges Hoary Head Crowned Ep. Ded. 3 Blessed Abraham the father of the faithfull. 1742 G. Whitefield Nine Serm. iv. 94 Abraham..shone with such distinguished Lustre, that he was called the Friend of God, the Father of the Faithful. 1838 Evangelical Mag. Aug. 388/2 Like the father of the faithful, he commanded his children and his household after him, that they should keep the way of the Lord. 1863 Old Guard Jan. 11/1 You, Gentlemen, say that slavery is a sin. Abraham, ‘the father of the faithful’, had a thousand slaves. 1910 Biblical World 36 310 The sheik of the desert who became the pattern of faith and the Father of the Faithful is not the only man that has had an open mind. 2009 E. Cripe Not ashamed of Gospel x. 83 Abraham is the father of the Nation of Israel, but he is also the father of the Faithful. < as lemmas |
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