Acts 7:56 (WEB)
and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
Catechism · 1
- §659Article 6 · "He Ascended into Heaven and is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father"Read at vatican.va
“Jesus' final apparition ends with the irreversible entry of his humanity into divine glory, symbolized by the cloud and by heaven, where he is seated from that time forward at God's right hand.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 1:9; 2:33; 7:56; Lk 9:34-35; 24:51; Ex 13:22; Mk 16:19; Ps 110:1.
Fathers and councils · 6
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…saw the glory of God, and Jesus on His right hand, and exclaimed, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.”” — editor's note: Acts vii. 56.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“And after His being taken up into heaven, Stephen the victorious, amid the storm of stones, said to the Jews, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.”” — editor's note: Acts vii. 56
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Jerome
“And when the pain which she bore with such wonderful patience darted through her, as if she saw the heavens opened she would say “Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away and be at rest.”” — editor's note: Cf. Acts vii. 56.
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Ambrose of Milan
“He who sees Jesus, to him are the heavens opened as they were opened to Stephen, when he said: “Behold I see the heavens opened and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.”” — editor's note: Acts vii. 56.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…would have them consumed at once,—but when the stones thrown from their hands reached him, with fixed knee he saith, “Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.”” — editor's note: Acts vii. 51–59.
Read the whole comment“Was Stephen, that hero of surpassing renown, not righteous in the spirit of this righteousness, who, when they were stoning him, exclaimed, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God”?” — editor's note: Acts vii. 56.
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