There are too many books which affirm resurrection now and can't
quite believe in resurrection after death.
Not exact matches
You don't actually
believe in a PHYSICAL
resurrection of the body, but rather a SPIRITUAL
resurrection of something
quite different from a body.
We are urged to
believe various doctrines concerning the incarnation, the atonement, and the
resurrection of Christ for which philosophical evidence or argument is
quite inadequate, on the grounds that
in these religious matters human knowledge can never suffice.
Paul did not
believe in the
resurrection of the flesh; he specifically denied that «flesh and blood» continued after death; (I Corinthians 15:50) and the spiritual «body» with which he wished to be clothed moved
in new dimensions altogether,
quite different from the Jews» resuscitated «flesh and bones.»
In this fashion, the stark picture in Matthew and Mark is transformed: the tragedy is already a victory, before the resurrection, and John in particular wants us to believe that Jesus never quite relinquished contro
In this fashion, the stark picture
in Matthew and Mark is transformed: the tragedy is already a victory, before the resurrection, and John in particular wants us to believe that Jesus never quite relinquished contro
in Matthew and Mark is transformed: the tragedy is already a victory, before the
resurrection, and John
in particular wants us to believe that Jesus never quite relinquished contro
in particular wants us to
believe that Jesus never
quite relinquished control.
What happened to their bodies was not entirely clear, although
in Roman Catholic circles it was
believed (and
in quite recent times it has been made an indisputable dogma) that the body of the Blessed Mother of our Lord had not
in fact died at all but had been received into heaven, thus anticipating the general
resurrection which was to be a part of the more general human lot.
Quite what the Jewish faith has to say about a festival celebrating the death and
resurrection of a religious figure it does not
believe in is another matter.