...thereon, consisting of a representation of the Ascension of our Lord, the Transfiguration of our Lord, and the Descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, could not lawfully be placed in the Cathedral. On appeal to the Dean of Arches the Chancellor appeared...

...facts recorded in it are, the choice of Matthias to be an Apostle in the room of the traitor Judas; the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost; the preaching, miracles, and sufferings of the Apostles at Jerusalem; the death of Stephen, the first martyr;...

...facts recorded in it are, the choice of Matthias to be an Apostle in the room of the traitor Judas; the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost; the preaching, miracles, and sufferings of the Apostles at Jerusalem; the death of Stephen, the first martyr;...

...seems to have reserved his second appearance till the recurrence of that day in the ensuing week ; and .the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost sanctified the newly appointed Sabbath for perpetual observance. It is to be remarked, also, that although...

...correspondence between the giving of the law on Mount Sinai, which was attended with thunderings and lightnings, and the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, which was attended with a mighty rushing wind, and tongues of fire sitting upon each of the disciples,...

...this festival. There seems to be a remarkable correspondence between the giving of the law in Sinai, and the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost. The former was accompanied with thunderings and lightnings, and the latter with a mighty rushing wind and...

...of Christ, they obtain the remission of sins and the sanctifying influences of the Spirit. M Until the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, the disciples of Christ baptised only with the Baptism of John; that is, unto repentance. 9S Tertullian's...

...facts recorded in it are, the choice of Matthias to be an Apostle in the room of the traitor Judas ; the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost; the preaching, miracles, and sufferings of the Apostles at Jerusalem ; the death of St. Stephen the first...

...facts recorded in it are, the choice of Matthias to be an Apostle in the room of the traitor Judas ; the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost ; the preaching, miracles, and sufferings of the Apostles at Jerusalem ; the death of Stephen, the first...

...nigh, the whole Jewish nation, as it were, rose up against him, to put him to death. His resurrection, and the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, were calculated to rectify the mistaken apprehensions of his enemies, and to disarm their malice :...