Acts 12:9 (WEB)
And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.
Catechism · 1
“In the meantime, the whole life of the Church benefits from the mysterious and powerful help of angels.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 5:18-20; 8:26-29; 10:3-8; 12:6-11; 27:23-25.
Fathers and councils · 2
“…in the spirit (such a mistake as the Apostle Peter made when the angel suddenly freed him from his chains and imprisonment, and he thought he saw a vision); or when, in the case of sensible objects themselves, we mistake rough for smooth, or bitter for sweet, or think that putrid matter has a good smell; or when…” — editor's note: Acts xii. 9
Read the whole comment“…the angel who delivered him had departed from him, he did not distinguish the real objects among which he was moving from the visionary objects of a dream; nor did the patriarch Jacob deviate from this way, when he believed that his son, who was really alive, had been slain by a beast.” — editor's note: Acts xii. 9–11
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 20.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 21.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 21.