Scripture with the Fathers

In this episode, God makes a covenant with Abram and the symbolism that God expresses shows up again, again and again, showing the immutability of God and His assurance that his word is to be believed.

Significance of the name Melchizedek, the 318 who won the battle over the five armies, Abram the one who it was accounted to as righteousness but who asked, "How will I know?"

The Battle of the Five Armies, Abram the Goel, Melchizedek the priest-king and the Todah! St. Augustine gives us the keys to typology to open what was shut.

From famine to abundance and return to the land of Canaan from Egypt. Abram and Lot separate, Lot to Sodom, Abram to the land of Canaan. What can we learn from these accounts of the Patriarchs? Is there anything truly new under the sun?

This episode covers the introduction to Abram our Father in Faith and the three fold promise of God to Abram which sees its ultimate fulfilment in Jesus Christ's passion, death and resurrection.

The tower of Babel, the Sons of God and the sons of men, and the importance of name.

"And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself." (Lk. 24:27) St. Augustine picks up on this and interprets the events of Noah's nakedness and the blessings of Shem and Japheth and the curse of Ham's son Canaan.

Answering a question about the death penalty and the Church's consistent teaching of its legitimacy, from Pope Innocent I in 405 too Pius XII and John Paul II; Aquinas, Augustine and Aristotle too. How many colors in a real rainbow and what does that mean? What is the meaning of uncovering the nakedness of one's father? What were the ramifications of that sin?

Noah and the animals exit the Ark, Noah's Todah, and the covenant with God. God's promises and proscriptions and the death penalty.

We see the topology of the flood, the ark and Noah and the original "great reset."