The Sermon 71 : On The Lord 's Resurrection

Fee completes his writings with his own conclusion: “The Spirit must be reinstated into the Trinity, where he has never been excluded in our creeds and liturgies, but has been practically excluded from the experienced life of the church.” Moreover, he argues that the very nature of the Triune God, as being three yet one, must become the character of the church both in its oneness and in its function, by the very application of the Spirit’s threefold work of the Trinity. Without this experience, the witness of the churches to the Resurrection today will remain generally ineffective in comparison with the witness of the early Christians, though they lived in a culture very similar to ours. As the title of Fee’s book emphasizes, we are meant to find God’s Spirit empowering for us in the present era while at the same time awaiting the consummation of Christ’s final return.

This discussion begins by placing its roots in their proper foundation, historic Christian orthodoxy. The reality of the incarnation informs and is informed by all of the core doctrines of the Christian faith. Without an orthodox understanding of any of these aspects, one cannot see the robust, beautiful and awe inspiring truth of the Gospel. Thus, the question surfaces, why have we in the modern church all but completely abandoned the discussion and teaching of the doctrine of the incarnation? The book delves into each of these areas of orthodoxy mentioned thus far, pulling out the intricacies that are brought to fullness in light of the incarnation of Jesus Christ.

This paper will analyze the iconography of two medieval works from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Both of them depict the appearance of the resurrected Jesus Christ to his follower Mary Magdalene (Gospel of John 20:11-17). According to the Bible, three days after Christ died by crucifixion and was buried, he was resurrected. On that day, Mary Magdalene came to his tomb early in the morning, alone, and found the tomb empty. As she was weeping in the garden outside the tomb, she recognized a man she thought was a gardener, and asked him what had become of Jesus’ body. When the man spoke her name, Mary Magdalene recognized that he was Jesus Christ, who had been resurrected. As she reached out to embrace Jesus, he motioned for her to stay back, saying “Do not touch me,” because he had not yet ascended into heaven.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is one of the most debated issues throughout history. Christians place their trust in a resurrected Christ for salvation and a promise of eternal life. If the resurrection never happened, Christianity is a lie and people have been mislead for generations. On the other hand if the resurrection is true, Christianity is true also. This issue is of extreme importance because one’s soul is at stake. If all the claims that Christians make for the resurrection are true, the evidence for these claims must be examined. Equally important, are the claims against the resurrection; they too need to be looked at with careful consideration. Because so much is at stake, the question must be answered: Is the

There is far reaching agreement among researchers today over a wide religious spectrum that the resurrection of Jesus is the focal point of Christianity, asserted by conventional believers in light of New Testament passages like 1 Corinthians 15:12-20. However, it is also declared by secular analytical intellectuals also. One of the major confrontational arguments facing Christian theology or apologetics is the resurrection of Jesus being a significant part; therefore, if the

The Historical Jesus: Five Views edited by J.K Beilby and P.R Eddy is a most interesting book to say the least. This is a great book to be introduced into the world of the historical Jesus. Along with the editors we have five contributors hence the name “Five Views”. This includes Robert M. Price, J.D Crossan, Luke Timothy Johnson, D.G Dunn and Darrel L. Bock. Each contributor presents their own views of the historical Jesus presented in the gospels and what they believe.

Sapience, the ability to both know God and live accordingly to God’s standards, was highly regarded as the foundational force of human excellence during the beginning of the early church. However, this form of experiential knowledge began to fade with the rise of modernity as theology began to be framed as a mere intellectual task, losing its ability to have any affect on the way a believer lives out the Christian life. Charry seeks to solve this tension through a close examination of theology over the ages, first beginning with Matthew and Paul as the New Testament apostolate. Next, in the wake of the Christianity’s fourth century rise in popularity and persecution, she turns her attention to the early patristic voices of Athanasius of Alexandria, Basil of Caesarea and Augustine of Hippo. Then, a close examination of the works by Anselm of Canterbury and St. Thomas and Dame Jian, help to provide a framework for theology’s task to promote inward devotional practices during the medieval age.

Tillich suggests in the article “A Reinterpretation of the Doctrine of the Incarnation” that Christians do not have a purely historiographical interest in the man known as Jesus, but a thriving interest in the Christ. He elaborates by saying the reports about Jesus of Nazareth found in the gospels are the reports of Jesus as the Christ, not just a man. Tillich finds that mere historical research cannot tear down the foundation of Christianity because there is immense power in the symbol of “Christ” (a topic later discussed in the essay).

In this paper, I will be discussing the views on Christianity’s Doctrine of Resurrection. I will use the methods of philosophy and theology for my discussion. To begin, an explanation of the doctrine itself will be presented. This will be followed by an objection to the doctrine as stated by Trenton Merricks. To contrast Merricks’ view, the ideas of Stephen T. Davis on this doctrine will be presented. From here, the views of Augustine and Aquinas will be discussed. To conclude, I will summarize my findings and present my assessment of the various views explored.

We called to dismiss the word Pope and look at the broader influence and work this man did for the church. Where protestants would argue with Pope Gregory in regard to the Sacraments and the works being aspect of salvation the focus needs to be on what he did for the larger church. Thus, the conclusion of this paper is the Pope Gregory is truly sitting in the presence of our Lord because of the work and faith he displayed on earth. Therefore, we will move past the argument of the Protestant and Catholic positions and look at the Gregory’s record in helping strengthen and solidify a heterogeneous church during great upheaval, and

By the profession of the evangelical counsels the characteristic features of Jesus — the chaste, poor and obedient one — are made constantly "visible" in the midst of the world and the eyes of the faithful are directed towards the mystery of the Kingdom of God already at work in history, even as it awaits its full realization in heaven.” (Vita) This is very important because it shows that faith is very important, and Pope John Paul II wants this deeper connection. He wants people to find this deeper connection which in his mind been lost. This is a very important change in the Church that used to have these types of mystical and religious experience that have been lost.

Jesus’ Resurrection is of paramount importance to the Christian faith and is a central component of this belief system. The account of the Resurrection is so significant that “without it, there would have been no new story to tell,” however these notions of rising from the dead is not exclusive or originate solely with the Christian faith. As this essay will explore, the Resurrection account in the New Testament can be seen to be influenced by ancient stories and beliefs circulating at the time of its composition. However, as the apostle Paul states in 1 Cor. 15:12-15, Jesus’ Resurrection is key to the beliefs held and identities of the Christian followers. Thus several traditional and important features this key story will also be explored.

The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is either one of the most wicked, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever foisted upon people, or it is the most important fact of history. It may be said that the one casts light upon the other. If He was what the Gospels represent Him, He must have been born of a pure Virgin, without sin, and He must have risen from the dead. If the story of His birth be true, we can believe that of His Resurrection; if that of His Resurrection be true, we can believe that of His birth. In the nature of things, the latter was incapable of strict historical proof; and, in the nature of things, His Resurrection demanded and was capable of the fullest historical evidence.

Through the Christmas sermons of Pope Leo the Great the faithful are instructed about a variety of topics ranging from the salvation of all through the Incarnate Word to the denial of various heresies such as Arianism and Manichaeism. While Leo enumerates different points in his sermons, a few themes lend themselves to answering the question, “who is Christ.” Discussion of the Incarnation is inherently present in these sermons because they are given at the joyful feast of the Nativity, but this subject is of great importance to Leo in reference to the denial of the Christian truth about Christ’s nature and birth. In reference to the Incarnation, Leo highlights the fact the Word Incarnate has two full natures in one hypostasis and this is found most prominent in the sermons because Leo is responding to challenges of Christ’s fully being God and fully man but devoid of the taint of sin, and the denial of Mary as theotokos by Nestorius. These sermons give Leo space to denounce falsehoods about Christ and reaffirm the reality of a dual natured hypostatic union who came as the salvation for the sins of Adam and all after him.

The focus of this paper is the Concept of Sacrifice and the Death of Christ