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Rabanus Maurus

9th century · AD 856 · Western · 951 passages

Background on Rabanus Maurus

In his own words on Acts

  • Acts 2:1

    The Law was given on Mount Sinai, the Spirit on Mount Sion, the Law on an elevated place in the mountain, the Spirit in an upper room.

  • Acts 2:30

    Peter shows manifestly from this Psalm that the kingdom of Christ is not earthly, but heavenly.

  • Acts 5:5

    a great fear overwhelmed all who heard of it: Not without cause, because this man died that others might be frightened by his example.

  • Acts 8:4

    though scattered through fear, they were nevertheless firm in preacing the gospel.

  • Acts 12:19

    That the release of Peter should harm no one, Herod is not permitted to punish the guards.

  • Acts 14:7

    The flight of the apostles was tnot more from fear than from their love of the word of God.

Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.