Parable of the Prodigal Son
event · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
the Prodigal Son · the Scriptural parable of the Prodigal Son · the parable of the prodigal son · the prodigal son
in the texts
Dissertations on Early Law and Custom
Biblical parable invoked as illustrating the ancient-law custom underlying Primogeniture and Borough English.
Perhaps there are few things which at first sight seem to have a more distant connection with one another than the customs of Primogeniture and Borough English and the Scriptural parable of the Prodigal Son.
Barlaam and Josaphat
Christ's parable of a son who squanders his inheritance and is forgiven upon return.
See, this parable he set forth for us concerning those who turn back from sins and fall down in repentance.
And from many places in Scripture we are taught the power of repentance, and above all from the commands and parables of our Lord Jesus Christ.
De Pudicitia
The parable Tertullian interprets at length regarding whether the returning son represents a repentant Christian or a converted heathen.
Now concerning the prodigal son, this is first to be considered, as more useful.