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Bible Dictionaries

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Bosom, Abraham's

Expression used by Luke to indicate the abode of the righteous dead before their admission to the Beatific Vision after the death of the Saviour; the Fathers of the Church often use it to mean heaven. It suggests the return of the patriarch's posterity to his embrace.

Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Bosom, Abraham's'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/b/bosom-abrahams.html. 1910.

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