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Pentecost, El Greco

Acts 2:35

El Greco, Pentecost, c. 1600 · Museo del Prado · Public domainEl Greco, Pentecost, c. 1600, Museo del Prado

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Acts 2:35 (WEB)

until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’

Catechism · 3

"And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord"

  • §447Article 2 · "And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord"Read at vatican.va

    “Jesus ascribes this title to himself in a veiled way when he disputes with the Pharisees about the meaning of Psalm 110, but also in an explicit way when he addresses his apostles.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 22:41-46; cf. Acts 2:34-36; Heb 1:13; Jn 13:13.

  • §449Article 2 · "And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord"Read at vatican.va

    “By attributing to Jesus the divine title "Lord", the first confessions of the Church's faith affirm from the beginning that the power, honour and glory due to God the Father are due also to Jesus, because "he was in the form of God",” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 2:34 - 36; Rom 9:5; Titus 2:13; Rev 5:13; Phil 2:6.

"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"

  • §731Article 8 · "I Believe in the Holy Spirit"Read at vatican.va

    “On the day of Pentecost when the seven weeks of Easter had come to an end, Christ's Passover is fulfilled in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, manifested, given, and communicated as a divine person: of his fullness, Christ, the Lord, pours out the Spirit in abundance.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 2:33-36.

Fathers and councils · 2

Irenaeus of Lyons

Theodoret of Cyrus

  • “Paul too teaches us that the words ‘until I make thy foes thy footstool’ are spoken to men, describing the success as His own of course in accordance with His divinity ‘According to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself.’” — editor's note: Acts ii. 35

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  • Matthew 22:44 and Acts 2:35 share the same wording (10 words).

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  • Acts 2:35 takes up the words of Psalm 110:1 (9 words in common).

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