Acts 13:2 (WEB)
As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”
Catechism · 1
“In the New Testament the word "liturgy" refers not only to the celebration of divine worship but also to the proclamation of the Gospel and to active charity.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 1:23; Acts 13:2; Rom 15:16, 27; 2 Cor 9:12; Phil 2:14-17, 25, 30.
Fathers and councils · 8
Cyril of Jerusalem
“And again, The Holy Ghost said, unto the Apostles who were in Antioch, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.” — editor's note: Acts xiii. 2.
Read the whole comment“And after hands had been laid on them, they were sent forth by the Holy Ghost.” — editor's note: Ib. xiii. 2–4.
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John Chrysostom
“And how is that which is everywhere present sent by Another, that which “divideth to every man severally as He will” ( 1 Cor. xii. 11 ), and which saith with authority, “Separate Me Paul and Barnabas”? ( Acts xiii. 2.)” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“…Holy Ghost, had so distributed among them the provinces of evangelizing, that Paul and Barnabas should go unto the Gentiles, and they unto the Circumcision.” — editor's note: Acts xiii. 2; Gal. ii. 9
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Basil the Great
““Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.”” — editor's note: Acts xiii. 2.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia.”” — editor's note: Acts xiii. 2 ff.
Read the whole comment“And as Wisdom sent the apostles, saying, “Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel,” so, too, the Holy Spirit says: “Separate Me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.”” — editor's note: Acts xiii. 2.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And these two matters do not divide the Substance, as I understand it, but rather are divisions within the Substance.” — editor's note: Job xxxviii. 4, Ps. v. 10, xxxvi., cxxxix. 7–15, cxlii., Isa. xi. 1–3, xlviii. 16, Mal. iii. 6, Wisd. i. 2, John i. 14, iii. 24, xv. 26, xvi. 14, 15, Acts…
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Cross-references · 12
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Cited together in Catechism §1070.
Cited together in Catechism §1070.