Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD has spoken,
I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
Our Lord frequently proclaimed God as a Father to us. He even gave us an instruction “that we call no one on earth father, but the Father whom we have in the heavens.” So, in praying [“Our Father”] we are likewise obeying the precept. Those who recognize their Father are blessed! This is the reproach that is brought against Israel, to which the Spirit attests heaven and earth, saying, “I have begotten children, and they have not recognized me.”
