Acts 2:22

• §547Paragraph 3 · The Mysteries of Christ's LifeRead at vatican.va

  “Jesus accompanies his words with many "mighty works and wonders and signs", which manifest that the kingdom is present in him and attest that he was the promised Messiah.” — Catechism footnote: Acts 2:22; cf. Lk 7:18-23.

Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies III.12Book III

  “…was glad; moreover also, my flesh shall rest in hope: because Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt Thou give Thy Holy One to see corruption.”” — editor's note: Acts ii. 22–27.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, Against Praxeas Chapter 17

  “…the Word of Almighty God, and has received power over all; is the Most High, in that He is “exalted at the right hand of God,” as Peter declares in the Acts; is the Lord of hosts, because all things are by the Father made subject to Him; is the King of Israel because to Him has especially been committed the destiny…” — editor's note: Acts ii. 22.

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• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 21

  “In (Peter) himself the Church was reared; that is, through (Peter) himself; (Peter) himself essayed the key; you see what (key): “Men of Israel, let what I say sink into your ears: Jesus the Nazarene, a man destined by God for you,” and so forth.” — editor's note: Acts ii. 22 et seqq.

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• Tertullian, On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15

  “Also Peter, in the Acts of the Apostles, speaks of Him as verily human (when he says), “Jesus Christ was a man approved of God among you.”” — editor's note: Acts ii. 22.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion III.5Book III

  “…then, Christ was announced by the Creator, “who formeth the lightning, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man His Christ,” as the prophet Joel says, since the entire hope of the Jews, not to say of the Gentiles too, was fixed on the manifestation of Christ,—it was demonstrated that they, by their being…” — editor's note: A supposed quotation of Amos iv. 13. See Oehler’s marginal reference. If so, the reference to Joel is either a slip of Tertullian or a corruption of his text;…

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians II.2Discourse II

  “And this Peter himself, when he began this primary teaching, carefully expressed, when he said to them, ‘Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man manifested of God towards you by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God did by Him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves know.’” — editor's note: Acts ii. 22.

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Theodoret of Cyrus

• Theodoret of Cyrus, Dialogues (Eranistes) §3

  “Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you.”” — editor's note: Acts ii. 22

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• Theodoret of Cyrus, Letters Letter 152

  “…of Israel, hear these words Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs which God did by Him in the midst of you,” and the prophet Isaiah when predicting the sufferings of the Lord Christ, whom but just before he had called God, calls man in the passage “A man of sorrows…” — editor's note: Acts ii. 22

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 15

  “He was inseparably with Him while working His wonderful works; for, it is said, “If I by the Spirit of God cast out devils.”” — editor's note: δυνάμεις, rendered “wonderful works” in Matt. vii. 22; “mighty works” in Matt. xi. 20, Mark vi. 14, and Luke x. 13; and “miracles” in Acts ii. 22, xix. 11, and…

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Gregory the Great

• Gregory the Great, The Book of Pastoral Rule III.35Part III

  “…counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have by the hands of wicked men crucified and slain; whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of hell (Acts ii. 22–24); in order, to wit, that having been thrown down by a recognition of their cruelty, they might hear the building up of holy preaching by so much…” — the author cites it

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• Acts 22:8

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.35.

• 1 Timothy 2:5

  Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15.

• 2 Peter 2:21

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.35.

• Revelation 1:8

  Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 17.

• Revelation 3:2

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.35.

• Proverbs 18:9

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.35.

• Isaiah 53:3

  Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15.

• Jeremiah 1:10

  Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.35.

• Jeremiah 17:9

  Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15.

• Daniel 7:13

  Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15.

• Matthew 12:8

  Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15.

• Luke 7:18

  Cited together in Catechism §547.

• Luke 7:19

  Cited together in Catechism §547.

• Luke 7:20

  Cited together in Catechism §547.

• Luke 7:21

  Cited together in Catechism §547.

• Luke 7:22

  Cited together in Catechism §547.

• Luke 7:23

  Cited together in Catechism §547.

• John 8:40

  Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15.