Ascension of Jesus

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Christian belief New Testament event article of faith event in the life of Jesus

The Ascension of Jesus is the Christian belief that Jesus Christ physically rose into heaven in the presence of his disciples 40 days after his resurrection, marking the end of his earthly ministry.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ascension of Jesus canonical 8
Ascension of Christ 4
Ascension of Jesus Christ 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian belief ⓘ
New Testament event ⓘ
article of faith ⓘ
event in the life of Jesus ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ascension Thursday NERFINISHED ⓘ
Feast of the Ascension NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holy Thursday (in some traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith cloud imagery ⓘ
heavenly exaltation of Christ ⓘ
celebratedOn 40th day of Easter ⓘ
centralTo Christian eschatology ⓘ
Christology NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy Anglican Communion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lutheran churches ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
many Reformed churches ⓘ
confessedAs “He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father” ⓘ
describedAs Jesus Christ physically rising into heaven ⓘ
the departure of the risen Christ from earth to heaven ⓘ
followsEvent Resurrection of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainSubject Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ
iconographicTheme Christ rising above the apostles ⓘ
Christ within a mandorla carried by angels ⓘ
apostles and Mary looking upward ⓘ
involvesAction Jesus being hidden by a cloud ⓘ
Jesus being taken up into heaven ⓘ
Jesus blessing his disciples ⓘ
linkedDoctrine Second Coming of Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ
Session of Christ at the right hand of the Father ⓘ
liturgicalName Ascension Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
liturgicalSeason Eastertide NERFINISHED ⓘ
marks end of Jesus’ earthly ministry ⓘ
mentionedIn Apostles’ Creed NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nicene Creed NERFINISHED ⓘ
narratedIn Acts of the Apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gospel of Luke NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedesEvent sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost ⓘ
preparesFor Feast of Pentecost NERFINISHED ⓘ
scripturalReference Acts 1:6–11 ⓘ
Luke 24:50–53 ⓘ
Mark 16:19–20 (longer ending) ⓘ
takesPlaceAt Mount of Olives NERFINISHED ⓘ
takesPlaceNear Bethany NERFINISHED ⓘ
theologicalSignificance Christ’s exaltation at the right hand of God ⓘ
beginning of Christ’s heavenly intercession ⓘ
transition from Jesus’ visible presence to sacramental and spiritual presence ⓘ
timeAfterResurrection 40 days ⓘ
witnessedBy apostles of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
disciples of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Church of the Ascension → dedicatedTo → Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
Easter Week → relatedTo → Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
Christ II → subject → Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ascension of Christ
The Fates of the Apostles → relatedWorkByAuthor → Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Ascension (Christ II)
Jabal az-Zaytoun → isAssociatedWith → Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
Voznesensky Avenue → namedAfter → Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
Pechersky Ascension Monastery → dedicatedTo → Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
Paschal mystery → includesEvent → Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ascension of Jesus Christ
Church of the Ascension → dedicatedTo → Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
subject surface form: Church of the Ascension (Žiča Monastery)
Book of Exaltation → discussesEvent → Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ascension of Christ
Holy Ascension Church, Settle → dedicatedTo → Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
Acts → describesEvent → Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
New Testament scenes → subjectMatter → Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: ascension of Jesus
Mileševa Monastery → dedicatedTo → Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ascension of Christ
Mileševa Monastery → frescoDepicts → Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ascension of Christ