After the resurrection and ascension of Jesus, Jerusalem became the birthplace of the early Church. Acts 2 describes the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles, empowering them to preach the gospel. Jerusalem thus became the starting point for the spread of ...
It is hard to deny that the mystery of the Ascension has been neglected both in theological reflection and in liturgical practice, making it something of an orphan feast, lost between Easter and Pentecost. In this important and, in many respects, groundbreaking study Farrow redresses the neglect...
The Roman Catholic Church traces its beginning back to the original church which was established at Pentecost in AD 301. However, the official beginning of the Roman Catholic church occurred in 590 CE, with Pope Gregory I. This time marked the consolidation of lands controlled by authority of ...
He was raised from the dead and became the first-fruits of them that slept (1 Cor 15:20), for in Him there was no sin (and hence no leaven).3rd. Then, after fifty days, on the Feast of Pentecost came the oblation of the first-fruits in the descent of the Holy Ghost; for “we...
church year Feast of the Ascension of the Lord See all related content Ascension, in Christian belief, the ascent ofJesus Christinto heaven on the 40th day after hisResurrection(Easterbeing reckoned as the first day). The Feast of theAscension ranks withChristmas, Easter, andPentecostin the uni...
El Greco:PentecostPentecost, oil on canvas by El Greco, c. 1600; in the Prado, Madrid. This work depicts the moment when the Holy Spirit, represented as a dove, descended in the form of tongues of fire and rested on the Virgin Mary and the Apostles during Pentecost. ...
On the day of Pentecost, the cornflower was used as a gift of love in some Hungarian regions where lads gave small bunches of the cornflower, sometimes accompanied with other wildflowers, to the girls they liked most [225]. Poppy dolls were also popular among children in Germany and Central...
conversionreligious experiencecalled “baptism with theHoly Spirit.” Recalling the Holy Spirit’s descent upon the first Christians in Jerusalem on the day ofPentecost, orShabuoth(Acts of the Apostles2–4), this experience appears to have been common in the Christian movement during its first ...