Abraham
Ancestor of Israel in the book of Genesis, whom God tested by commanding him to sacrifice his son Isaac.
The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage
Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)
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Sic Abraham Deo placuit, quia ut placeret Deo nec amittere filium timuit nec gerere parricidium recusauit.
Abraham pleased God in just this way: to please God, he did not fear to lose his son, and he did not refuse to kill him with his own hand.