Christianity and Resurrection: Introduction
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- Created on: 28-09-14 09:32
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- Christianity and Resurrection: Introduction
- Definition: The belief in an afterlife that involves the embodied existence of individuals.
- A belief in a continuation of human existence after death has always been central to Christians.
- Based upon the belief that Jesus rose from the dead.
- It is important to most Christians to believe that the resurrection was a physical event and that Jesus had more that a spiritual, ghost like, body.
- In the1st Century, the apostle Paul is seen defending the bodily resurrection by using the resurrection of Jesus in Corinthians 1.
- However, according to Scripture, he had different powers.
- He was not easily recognised.
- Walked through walls.
- Indicates a belief that the resurrected bodies of the dead will have a different character to our present bodies.
- "When the body is buried, it is moral; when raised, it will be immortal."
- However, according to Scripture, he had different powers.
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