1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Acts 7:38 *This is he who was in the church in the wilderness, with the Angel, who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the words of life to give to us.

Exodus 19:3.
This is he who was in the Church{ Ver. 38. In the assembly. Literally, in Ecclesia, en te ekklesia.|} in the wilderness, after God had by him delivered their Fathers out of their slavery in Egypt. --- An angel spoke to him on Mount Sinai. By this St. Stephen owns that the law was given by an angel to Moses: and also shews how falsely he was accused to have spoken against Moses, or against the law.