“But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.”
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother. — Paul introduces 'Ierousalēm ano' (Jerusalem above, heavenly Jerusalem), a celestial counterpart that is 'eleuthera' (free) and functions as 'meter' (mother) to believers, suggesting an eschatological, spiritual reality that supersedes earthly Jerusalem.
Church Fathers on Galatians 4:26
“But Jerusalem that is above is free.” Those therefore, who are born of her are not bondmen. Thus the type of the Jerusalem below was Hagar, as is plain from the mountain being so called; but of that which is above is the Church. Nevertheless he is not content with these types, but adds the testimony of Isaiah to what he has spoken. Having said that Jerusalem which is above “is our Mother,” and having given that name to the Church, he cites the suffrage of the Prophet in his…
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