Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar?
Glossa Ordinaria
Abraham our father, etc. That Abraham is said to have been justified by faith without works, etc., up to he is set forth as an example of both. Offering up Isaac his son upon the altar? A great temptation, when he was commanded to slay his son; a great faith, when he believed that even from the dead he could receive seed; a great work, when he did not hesitate to offer his best-beloved.
English is machine-translated from the public-domain Latin (Glossa Ordinaria, Migne, Patrologia Latina 113-114, 1852; digital text from Corpus Corporum, mlat.uzh.ch), since no public-domain English translation exists. It is not a scholarly translation. Please report errors.