– Dad, Father. A loving and familiar name used by Jesus when he begged God to hear his prayer in Gethsemane:
Mc 14.36 : Abba! (Father!), he pleaded. Everything is possible for you; take this cup away from me!
– Denomination given to God by Paul, Apostle, to the Christians of Rome and Galatia, regarding the reception of the baptism that made them adopted children of God. In the book of Ecclesiasticus, God had already been invoked as Father:
Rom 8:15 : But you have received the spirit of adoption by which we cry: Abba! Dad!
Gal 4 :6 : The proof that you are sons is that God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying out: “ Abba, Father!”.
Eclo 23,1 : Lord, my father and ruler of my life.
– See FATHER.
