The descent of the Holy Spirit
The episode of the descent of the Holy Spirit is narrated in the Acts of the Apostles, chap. 2, the Apostles together with Mary, the mother of Jesus, had gathered in the Upper Room in Jerusalem, probably the house of the widow Mary, mother of the young Mark, the evangelist future, where they took then to gather regularly when they were in town, and as tradition, they flocked to Jerusalem's Jews in large numbers to celebrate Pentecost with the required pilgrimage.
"As he was about to take place on the day of Pentecost, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a wind that sweeps strong and filled the whole house where they were.
appeared to them tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in their own language.
were amazed and beside himself with amazement, saying: 'They are not all that speak Galileans? And how hear we every man in our native language? .... "
The passage from the Acts of the Apostles, written by Luke the Evangelist in a greek accurate, continues with the first preaching of the apostle Peter, who together with Paul, narrated in subsequent chapters, they open the universal horizon Christianity, emphasizing the unity and catholicity of the Christian faith, a gift Holy Spirit.
The episode of the descent of the Holy Spirit is narrated in the Acts of the Apostles, chap. 2, the Apostles together with Mary, the mother of Jesus, had gathered in the Upper Room in Jerusalem, probably the house of the widow Mary, mother of the young Mark, the evangelist future, where they took then to gather regularly when they were in town, and as tradition, they flocked to Jerusalem's Jews in large numbers to celebrate Pentecost with the required pilgrimage.
"As he was about to take place on the day of Pentecost, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a wind that sweeps strong and filled the whole house where they were.
appeared to them tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in their own language.
were amazed and beside himself with amazement, saying: 'They are not all that speak Galileans? And how hear we every man in our native language? .... "
The passage from the Acts of the Apostles, written by Luke the Evangelist in a greek accurate, continues with the first preaching of the apostle Peter, who together with Paul, narrated in subsequent chapters, they open the universal horizon Christianity, emphasizing the unity and catholicity of the Christian faith, a gift Holy Spirit.
Pentecost Christians in Christianity
initially called Pentecost, the period of fifty days after Easter. Apparently, it was Tertullian, a Christian apologist (155-220), the first to refer to him as a special feast in honor of the Holy Spirit. At the end of the fourth century, Pentecost was a feast, during which he was awarded the Baptism who could not receive it during the Easter Vigil.
Constitutions apostolic witness the Octave of Pentecost to the East, while in the West appears in the Carolingian period. The Eighth liturgy was preserved until 1969, while on holidays instead of Pentecost were reduced in 1094, the first three days of the week, reduced to two by the reforms of the eighteenth century.
the early twentieth century, was also cleared on Monday of Pentecost, but is kept as a holiday in France and the Protestant countries.
The Church, the feast of Pentecost, he sees his real birth certificate of missionary initiatives, taken together with Easter, the most solemn feast of the whole calendar Christian.
