DIVINUM OFFICIUM Chapter

Capitulum

Acts 1:1-2

About This Prayer

A short Scripture reading (chapter) at Terce during Ascension. The chapter provides the scriptural foundation for the hour's prayers.

Scripture References

SCRIPTVRA
Acts 1:1-2

Prayer Text

LATINE
Primum quidem sermonem feci de omnibus, o Theophile, quae coepit Jesus facere et docere usque in diem, qua praecipiens Apostolis per Spiritum Sanctum, quos elegit assumptus est. R. Deo gratias.
ENGLISH
The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus began to do and to teach, until the day on which, giving commandments by the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up. R. Thanks be to God.

Liturgical Notes

NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Acts 1:1-2
HORA
Terce
TEMPVS
ascension
GENVS
Chapter