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Ascension of Christ

The risen Christ exalted bodily to reign at the Father's side

The Ascension is the bodily exaltation of the risen Christ into heaven, where he reigns at the Father's right hand. Narrated in Luke and Acts and confessed in the Apostles' Creed, it marks the completion of his earthly ministry and the beginning of his heavenly reign. Christians across the traditions affirm it as the moment Christ is enthroned in glory while remaining present to his Church.

How it traveled

  1. 1 Peter
    Rome · 64
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  2. Hebrews
    Rome · 67
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  3. Ephesians
    Rome · 67
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  4. Romans
    Corinth · 67
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  5. Acts
    Rome · 84
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  6. John
    Ephesus · 100
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  7. Dialogue with Trypho
    Rome · 165
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  8. The First Apology
    Rome · 165
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  9. The Gospel of Nicodemus; Part I.--The Acts of Pilate:  Second Greek Form.
    · 220
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  10. Melito, the Philosopher.
    · 220
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  11. Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John
    · 303
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  12. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
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  13. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril
    Jerusalem · 386
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  14. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  15. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  16. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  17. The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  18. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  19. A Commentary on the Apostles' Creed
    Aquileia · 411
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  20. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  21. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  22. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  23. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  24. A Treatise on Faith and the Creed
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  25. On the Creed
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  26. On the Catechising of the Uninstructed
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  27. The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret
    Cyrrhus · 458
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  28. The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great
    Rome · 461
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  29. Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)
    Paris · 1274
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  30. Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church
    Geneva · 1564
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Acts · Luke the Evangelist

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Confirmation of the Angels · Jonathan Edwards

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Ephesians · Paul the Apostle

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Expositions on the Book of Psalms · Augustine of Hippo

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Heaven · Jonathan Edwards

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