Acts 8:17 (WEB)
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Catechism · 3
The Sacrament of Confirmation
“…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.
The First Commandment
“Simony is defined as the buying or selling of spiritual things.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 8:9-24.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“Even more pointedly, it is by the Apostles' imposition of hands that the Holy Spirit is given.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 8:17-19; 13:3; 19:6.
Fathers and councils · 6
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Moreover it is written, Then they laid their hands on and they received the Holy Ghost; was not this before Manes, yea, many years before, when the Holy Ghost descended on the day of Pentecost?” — editor's note: Acts viii. 17.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…with the taint of profane water, when they come to us and to the Church which is one, ought to be baptized, for the reason that it is a small matter to “lay hands on them that they may receive the Holy Ghost,” unless they receive also the baptism of the Church.” — editor's note: [He quotes Acts viii. 17.]
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Tertullian
“For thenceforward Simon Magus, just turned believer, (since he was still thinking somewhat of his juggling sect; to wit, that among the miracles of his profession he might buy even the gift of the Holy Spirit through imposition of hands) was cursed by the apostles, and ejected from the faith.” — editor's note: See Acts viii. 9–24.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And so it was; “They came and laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.”” — editor's note: Acts viii. 17.
Read the whole comment“Understand that he did not; attend to the very words of the Apostle Peter, for he goes on, “Thou hast no part nor lot in this faith: for I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness.”” — editor's note: Acts viii. 5–23.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“(But) the man was a (mere) cheat, and full of folly, and the Apostles reproved him in the Acts.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 9–24.
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Epistles Letter 71.
Cited together in Catechism §699.
Cited together in Catechism §699.
Cited together in Catechism §1288.
Cited together in Catechism §699 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §699 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 71.
Cited together in Catechism §699.
Cited together in Catechism §699.
Cited together in Catechism §699.
Cited together in Catechism §699.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 71.
Cited together in Catechism §699.