ACC ~ Romans 4 v3

ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD. IRENAEUS: Abraham believed that God was the maker of heaven and earth, the only true God, and he also believed that God would make his seed as numerous as the stars of heaven. AGAINST HERESIES 4.5.3.

BELIEVING WHOLLY IN GOD. ORIGEN: Was Abraham justified just because he had the faith to believe that he would be given a son? Or was it also because of all the other things which he had believed previously? … Before this point, Abraham had believed in part but not perfectly. Now, however, all the parts of his earlier faith are gathered together to make a perfect whole, by which he is justified. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

HEIRS OF ABRAHAM’S FAITH. AMBROSE: I do not demand a reason from Christ. If I am convinced by reason, I deny faith. Abraham believed God. Let us also believe, so that we who are the heirs of his race may likewise be heirs of his faith. ON THE DEATH OF HIS BROTHER SATYRUS 2.89. THE REWARD OF PRAISE. AMBROSIASTER: Paul revealed that Abraham had glory before God not because he was circumcised nor because he abstained from evil, but because he believed in God. For that reason he was justified, and he would receive the reward of praise in the future. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

THE POWER OF HIM WHO MADE THE PROMISE. CHRYSOSTOM: The Master proclaimed that Abraham was just because he outran the weakness of his human nature. He strained with his whole mind toward the power of him who had made the promise. BAPTISMAL INSTRUCTIONS 8.7.

FAITH COUNTED AS CREDIT FOR ALL SINS. PELAGIUS: Abraham’s faith was so great that his earlier sins were all forgiven him, and righteousness was counted as credit for every one of them by faith alone. Later he was on fire with such love for God that he piled one good work on top of another. Therefore he has glory in God’s eyes. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

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