Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The present study refers, first of all, to the Savior Jesus Christ, Who, according to the human nature He assumed through the Incarnation, was the “son of Abraham” (υἱοῠ Ἀβραάμ), submitting Himself, like His ancestor of old, to the ritual of circumcision (Mt 1:1; Lk 2:21), but also to all the descendants according to the flesh of the patriarch Abraham, who are “according to the nature” (κατὰφύσιν) “sons of Abraham” (Jn 8:33; Rom 11:21). There is, however, another category of “sons of Abraham”: those “of faith” (ἐκπίστεως) that is, “those who do the works of Abraham” or “those who imitate his example” (Jn 8:39), considered by God Himself “righteous” and “father of the righteous” (Rom 4:17; Gen 17:4-5).
Author: Alexandru Moldovan
Institution: 1 Decembrie 1918 University
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7125505485