Just FYI...the Ascension of the Lord was initially commemorated within the broader celebration of Pentecost, which also marked the coming of the Holy Spirit, during the first three centuries of the Catholic Church. It wasn't established as a separate, distinct feast until later, with the Catholic Bishop of Nicomedia, Eusebius, being one of the first to mention it as such in 341 AD. The official celebration 40 days after Easter, with the Ascension Thursday, became a universal practice in the Church (the Catholic church since that's all that existed) around the 4th century,
Just FYI...the Ascension of the Lord was initially commemorated within the broader celebration of Pentecost, which also marked the coming of the Holy Spirit, during the first three centuries of the Catholic Church. It wasn't established as a separate, distinct feast until later, with the Catholic Bishop of Nicomedia, Eusebius, being one of the first to mention it as such in 341 AD. The official celebration 40 days after Easter, with the Ascension Thursday, became a universal practice in the Church (the Catholic church since that's all that existed) around the 4th century,