Acts of the Apostles

1. Stromata Clement of Alexandria 5 authority · 2 neutral 7 citations · 10 passages

   book 1 5 passages anchored here · book 4 · book 5 2 passages anchored here · book 6 2 passages anchored here

   The passage reports that Paul mentions Epicurean philosophy in Acts, cited as corroborating evidence for identifying which philosophy Colossians targets.

   "See, then, that there be no one who carries you off as spoil through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world and not according to Christ" — not all philosophy, but the Epicurean, which Paul also mentions in the Acts of the Apostles, slandering it as doing away with providence and deifying pleasure, and any other that has over-honoured …

2. Letters Basil of Caesarea 5 authority 5 citations

   letter 8 · letter 53 · letter 128 · letter 150 · letter 210

   Basil cites the description of the early believers' unity as the model to be recovered.

   For, it is said, the heart and soul of those who believed was one.

3. The Rights of War and Peace Hugo Grotius 2 authority · 1 neutral 3 citations · 7 passages

   book i, chapter i. 2 passages anchored here · ch. 9 5 passages anchored here

   Acts is explicitly cited by chapter and verse in both paragraphs.

   But the Israelites were released from the ceremonial part, as soon as the law of the Gospel was proclaimed;

4. De Carnis Resurrectione Tertullian 3 authority 3 citations · 2 passages

   de carnis resurrectione 2 passages anchored here

   The trial and Areopagus scenes described are drawn from the Acts narrative.

   The apostolic instruments too attest the resurrection.

5. Adversus Praxean Tertullian 2 authority 2 citations

   adversus praxean 2 passages anchored here

   Acts is directly cited via Peter's preaching.

   "Most High," inasmuch as he is exalted by the right hand of God, as Peter preaches in the Acts;

6. De Pudicitia Tertullian 2 authority 2 citations

   de pudicitia 2 passages anchored here

   The apostolic decree is cited as the source of the abiding disciplinary rule.

   When first the Gospel thundered and shook the old things, so that it was disputed concerning the standing of the law, whether or not it was to be retained, the apostles send forth this first rule, on the authority of the Holy Spirit, to those who had begun to be chosen out from the nations:

7. Institutes of Roman Law Gaius 1 neutral 1 citation

   de statv liberorvm. (2)

   Acts of the Apostles is explicitly cited by chapter and verse in the commentary on the price of citizenship.

   The fees to be paid were not small, Acts of the Apostles, 22, 28, and the new-made civis was regarded as a manumitted slave of the emperor, and was expected to remember the emperor in his will.

8. Barlaam and Josaphat John of Damascus 1 authority 1 citation

   chapter 30

   The girl cites Paul's circumcision of Timothy from Acts as precedent for scriptural dispensation.

   Is not Paul said to have circumcised Timothy for the sake of a better dispensation?

9. Adversus Marcionem Tertullian 1 authority 1 citation

   book 5

   Explicitly and repeatedly named as 'the Acts of the Apostles', treated as reliable corroborating history throughout.

   Thereupon, running through the order of his own conversion from persecutor into apostle, he confirms the scripture of the Acts of the Apostles, in which the very subject of this epistle is also recognised:

10. De Anima Tertullian 1 authority 1 citation

    de anima

    Explicitly named as the source ('in the Acts of the Apostles') for the account of Simon.

    For Simon of Samaria too, in the Acts of the Apostles, the would-be purchaser of the Holy Spirit — after, being condemned by him, he had wept in vain over his destruction together with his money — turned to the assault of the truth, as if by way of solace for his revenge;

11. De Baptismo Tertullian 1 authority 1 citation

    de baptismo

    Acts is directly cited twice as scriptural evidence for distinct theological points.

    from which Aaron was anointed by Moses, whence Christ is named from the chrism, which is the anointing, which lent its name to the Lord, made spiritual, because he was anointed with the Spirit by God the Father, as it is in the Acts:

12. De Carne Christi Tertullian 1 authority 1 citation

    de carne christi

    Explicitly attributed to Peter speaking in the Acts of the Apostles, cited as testimony.

    " Likewise Peter in the Acts of the Apostles:

13. De Fuga in Persecutione Tertullian 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

    de fuga in persecutione 2 passages anchored here

    Directly draws on and paraphrases narrative episodes from Acts (turning to the Gentiles, the escape from Damascus, Paul before Felix, the journey to Jerusalem).

    And so Paul and the apostles themselves, mindful of the Lord's precept, attest it to Israel, whom they had already filled with their teaching:

14. De Oratione Tertullian 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

    de oratione 2 passages anchored here

    Multiple episodes (Pentecost, Peter's rooftop vision, the temple healing, imprisonment, the shipwreck Eucharist) are drawn directly from Acts and cited as authoritative precedent.

    The Holy Spirit was first poured out upon the assembled disciples at the third hour.

15. De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum Tertullian 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

    ch. 1 2 passages anchored here

    Explicitly named as a specific scriptural work central to two separate arguments.

    And surely he fulfilled the promise, the Acts of the Apostles proving the descent of the Holy Spirit.

16. Scorpiace Tertullian 1 authority 1 citation

    scorpiace

    The Acts is explicitly named as the historical record substantiating the apostles' sufferings and martyrdoms.

    That Peter is struck, that Stephen is crushed, that James is sacrificed, that Paul is torn — these things are written in their own blood.

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