Acts 17:27

The Revelation of Prayer - the Universal Call to Prayer

• §2566Chapter One · The Revelation of Prayer - the Universal Call to PrayerRead at vatican.va

  “All religions bear witness to men's essential search for God.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 17:27.

Man's Capacity for God

• §28Chapter One · Man's Capacity for GodRead at vatican.va

  “For "in him we live and move and have our being."” — Catechism footnote: Acts 17:26-28.

• §32Chapter One · Man's Capacity for GodRead at vatican.va

  “Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made.” — Catechism footnote: Rom 1:19-20; cf., Acts 14:15, 17; 17:27-28; Wis 13:1-9.

The Creator

• §287Paragraph 4 · The CreatorRead at vatican.va

  “Beyond the natural knowledge that every man can have of the Creator,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 17:24-29; Rom 1:19-20.

The Revelation of God

• §57Article 1 · The Revelation of GodRead at vatican.va

  “It is intended to limit the pride of fallen humanity” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 17:26-27; Dt 4:19; Dt (LXX) 32:8.

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 138

  ““For He is not far from every one of us, for in Him we live, and move, and have our being.”” — editor's note: Acts xvii. 27, 28.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity IV.1Book IV

  “For all these things see that light: but that life was the light of men; nor is it far from any one of us, for in it “we live, and move, and have our being.”” — editor's note: Acts xvii. 27, 28

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity VIII.3Book VIII

  “This good then is not far from every one of us: for in it we live, and move, and have our being.” — editor's note: Acts xvii. 27, 28

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity XIV.12Book XIV

  “And indeed “He is not far from every one of us,” as the apostle says, who adds, “For in Him we live, and are moved, and have our being.”” — editor's note: Acts xvii. 27, 28

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, On the Incarnation of the Word §7

  “For this purpose, then, the incorporeal and incorruptible and immaterial Word of God comes to our realm, howbeit he was not far from us before.” — editor's note: Acts xvii. 27.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.19Book I

  “…be not far from every one of us: for in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we also are His offspring.”” — editor's note: Acts xvii. 22–28.

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• Romans 1:19

  Cited together in Catechism §32 and 1 other place.

• Romans 1:20

  Cited together in Catechism §32 and 1 other place.

• Romans 5:9

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IV.1.

• Romans 5:10

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IV.1.

• Job 28:28

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.12.

• Psalm 8:1

  Cited together in Catechism §2566.

• Psalm 8:5

  Cited together in Catechism §2566.

• Psalm 68:9

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IV.1.

• Psalm 73:23

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.12.

• Psalm 124:8

  Cited together in Catechism §287.

• Psalm 134:3

  Cited together in Catechism §287.

• Wisdom 13:1

  Cited together in Catechism §32.

• Wisdom 13:2

  Cited together in Catechism §32.

• Wisdom 13:3

  Cited together in Catechism §32.

• Wisdom 13:4

  Cited together in Catechism §32.

• Wisdom 13:5

  Cited together in Catechism §32.

• Wisdom 13:6

  Cited together in Catechism §32.

• Wisdom 13:7

  Cited together in Catechism §32.

• Wisdom 13:8

  Cited together in Catechism §32.

• Wisdom 13:9

  Cited together in Catechism §32.

• Isaiah 43:1

  Cited together in Catechism §287.

• Acts 14:15

  Cited together in Catechism §32.

• Acts 14:17

  Cited together in Catechism §32.