Catholic Pocket Dictionary – Pentecost
The day on which the Holy Ghost descended miraculously on the Apostles. The ancient tradition that this Pentecost fell on a Sunday is confirmed by John xviii. 28, for if the Friday on which Christ died was the eve of the Passover, i. e. Nisan 14, then the 16th, the first of the fifty days, and the fiftieth day itself must both have been Sundays.
MLA Citation
- Father James J McGovern. “Pentecost”. Catholic Pocket Dictionary, 1906. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 November 2019. Web. 25 February 2021. <>