Catechism Paragraph 59
Part 1:
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
Section 1: I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE
Chapter 2: GOD COMES TO MEET MAN
Article 1: THE REVELATION OF GOD
Section 1: I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE
Chapter 2: GOD COMES TO MEET MAN
Article 1: THE REVELATION OF GOD
In order to gather together scattered humanity God calls Abram from his country, his kindred and his father's house,[16] and makes him Abraham, that is, "the father of a multitude of nations". "In you all the nations of the earth shall be blessed."[17]
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[16]
Gen 12:1
[17]
Gen 17:5; 12:3 (LXX); cf. Gal 3:8