Paternity of Abraham was very obvious in the biblical
time. lsraelites treated him as their father who was chosen
by God. They believed next generation would be blessed
because o f God 's promise for Abraham. Also arising
Christianity treated bim as a progenitor. But a character o f
his paternity changed. Christians put an accent o f his very
strong faith instead of physical aspect o f his fatherhood.
Fathers' of the Church teaching came in the same way,
although they saw bim also as an example o f father in the
physical aspect
