Acts 19:5 (WEB)
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Catechism · 1
“…recognized by the Catholic tradition as the origin of the sacrament of Confirmation, which in a certain way perpetuates the grace of Pentecost in the Church."” — Catechism footnote: Paul VI, Divinae consortium naturae, 659; Cf. Acts 8:15-17; 19:5-6; Heb 6:2.
Fathers and councils · 5
Cyril of Jerusalem
“How shall I worthily recount the mighty deeds which were wrought at Ephesus through Paul, by the Holy Ghost?” — editor's note: Acts xix. 1–6.
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Jerome
“Those who have received only John’s baptism and have no knowledge of the Holy Spirit are baptized again, lest any should suppose that water unsanctified thereby could suffice for the salvation of either Jew or Gentile.” — editor's note: Acts xix. 1–7.
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Tertullian
“Accordingly, in the Acts of the Apostles, we find that men who had “John’s baptism” had not received the Holy Spirit, whom they knew not even by hearing.” — editor's note: Acts xix. 1–7. [John vii. 39.]
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Ambrose of Milan
“And, lastly, they who had said: “We have not heard if there be any Holy Spirit, were baptized afterwards in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.”” — editor's note: Acts xix. 5 ff.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Behold, after John baptism was given; after heretical baptism is it not to be given? because certain who had the baptism of John were commanded by Paul to be baptized, for they had not the baptism of Christ.” — editor's note: Acts xix. 3–5.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Catechism §1288.
Cited together in Catechism §1288.
Cited together in Catechism §1288.
Cited together in Catechism §1288.
