Acts 1:9

"He Ascended into Heaven and is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father"

• §659Article 6 · "He Ascended into Heaven and is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father"Read at vatican.va

  “Jesus' final apparition ends with the irreversible entry of his humanity into divine glory, symbolized by the cloud and by heaven, where he is seated from that time forward at God's right hand.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 1:9; 2:33; 7:56; Lk 9:34-35; 24:51; Ex 13:22; Mk 16:19; Ps 110:1.

"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"

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  “…the cloud took Jesus out of the sight of the disciples on the day of his ascension and will reveal him as Son of man in glory on the day of his final coming.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 1:9; cf. Lk 21:27.

Catena Aurea on Matthew

• Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew

  “As we read in the Acts of the Apostles; “He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out their sight,” [Acts 1:9] upon which it was said by the Angels, “He shall so come as ye have seen Him go into heaven,” we may reasonably believe that He will come again, not only in the same body, but also in a cloud.” — the author cites it

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 59

  “Because therefore the doing was made void, but the sin remained upon the doers; they were taken in their pride, they saw themselves under their iniquity.” — editor's note: Acts i. 9, ii. 4, 37.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 69

  “There remaineth the body’s deliverance: for on His arising and ascending into the Heavens, and sending the Holy Ghost from above, there were converted to His faith they that at His death did rage, and out of enemies they were made friends through His grace, not through their righteousness.” — editor's note: Acts i. 9, ii. 41.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Gospels III.26Book III

  “…with those other transactions on the first day of the week, that is to say, on the day on which the Lord rose again; whereas, in the Acts of the Apostles, the self-same Luke tells us that the event really took place on the fortieth day after His resurrection.” — editor's note: Acts i. 2–9.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 21

  “This same that is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him going into heaven.”” — editor's note: Acts i. 3–11.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 50

  “Because in respect of His bodily presence He associated for forty days with His disciples, and then, having brought them forth for the purpose of beholding and not of following Him, He ascended into heaven, and is no longer here.” — editor's note: Acts i. 3, 9, 10.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 94

  “For a cloud received Him when He ascended up from their side; and of His going into heaven they made no verbal inquiry, but had ocular evidence.” — editor's note: Acts i. 9–11.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 101

  “And on this account, therefore, His words did not mean that He was about to die, and to be withdrawn from their view till His resurrection; but that He was about to go to the Father, which He did after His resurrection, and when, after holding intercourse with them for forty days, He ascended into heaven.” — editor's note: Acts i. 3, 9.

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Catena Aurea on Mark

• Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Mark

  “…with them [convescens] He commanded that they should not depart from Jerusalem,” [Acts 1:4] and shortly afterwards, “while they beheld He was taken up.” [Acts 1:9] For He ate, and then ascended, that by the act of eating, the truth of the flesh might be declared.” — the author cites it

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 54

  ““For a cloud and darkness are round about Him;”and, “He sitteth on a light cloud;”and again, “Who maketh clouds His chariot;”and, “A cloud received Him out of their sight;”and, “As the Son of Man coming in the clouds.”” — editor's note: Acts i. 9.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 46

  “Then shall we touch with our lips the wood of the cross, and rise in prayer and resolve upon the Mount of Olives with the ascending Lord.” — editor's note: Acts i. 9, 12.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 108

  “I will return to Jerusalem and, passing through Tekoa the home of Amos, I will look upon the glistening cross of Mount Olivet from which the Saviour made His ascension to the Father.” — editor's note: Luke xxiv. 50, 51; Acts i. 9–12.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 51

  “…the Father, man, yet God—the last Adam, yet the primary Word—flesh and blood, yet purer than ours—who “shall descend in like manner as He ascended into heaven” the same both in substance and form, as the angels affirmed, so as even to be recognised by those who pierced Him.” — editor's note: Acts i. 9.

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• Matthew 24:29

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 24:29–30 (2) (Catena Aurea).

• Matthew 24:30

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 24:29–30 (2) (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 16:14

  Cited together in Gregory the Great on Mark 16:14–18 (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 16:15

  Cited together in Gregory the Great on Mark 16:14–18 (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 16:16

  Cited together in Gregory the Great on Mark 16:14–18 (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 16:17

  Cited together in Gregory the Great on Mark 16:14–18 (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 16:18

  Cited together in Gregory the Great on Mark 16:14–18 (Catena Aurea).