To understand Abraham properly, one needs to understand the centrality of God’s covenant with Abraham. As the Fourth Eucharistic Prayer tells us, “Again and again [God] offered a covenant to ...

but the new covenant is based on following the teachings of Jesus. For many Muslims, Abraham is a good example of faithfulness to God. He is repeatedly referred to in the Muslim holy book ...

God establishes a covenant with Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and finally Jesus. In these succeeding covenants we see God expanding his covenant family until there is a one, holy, catholic ...

And numerous Jewish children are convinced to this day that the story is found in the book of ... God commanded Abraham, and ever since circumcision has been the mark of the covenant.

The term "testament," as applied to the two parts of the Bible, means: a covenant, agreement ... contains a record of the pact between God and Abraham and between God and Moses.