01 February 2020
Word of the Day: Abraham's Bosom
ABRAHAM'S BOSOM. Term used by St. Luke (Luke 16:22) to describe the abode
of the just persons who died in the Old Testament, before they were admitted to
the beatific vision. In patristic literature it often means heaven. It implies
a return of Abraham's spiritual descendants to the embrace of the earthly father
of all the faithful.
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