Augustine of Hippo : TO WHAT DO WE ATTRIBUTE THE DELIVERANCE OF LOT? — And God remembered Abraham and brought Lot out of the midst of destruction . The Scripture recalls that Lot was liberated by the merits of Abraham rather than by his own, so that we may understand that Lot is called righteous according to a certain way of speaking, mainly because he worshiped the one true God, and also when his sins are compared with the sins of the Sodomites, since, living among them, he did not lead a life like them. [ — QUESTIONS ON GENESIS, Q. 44 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)