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All Blog Posts With Tag: Resurrection
Karl Barth on the Historicity of the Resurrection (May 20, 2015)
The Passion Narratives are notoriously difficult to harmonize, and despite ingenious solutions, there remains to be discovered a satisfactory harmonization of the events. A natural conclusion is that these conflicting narratives are not intended to be harmonized. These conflicting narratives should not be smoothed out in the same way that […]
Karl Barth on Demythologizing the Empty Tomb and Ascension (March 15, 2015)
Jesus is Risen and the Tomb is Empty are often asserted together, but they are two distinct statements: Jesus is Risen is an article of faith but the Empty Tomb is a Passion narrative that may be demythologized. Barth explains the difference between these two statements when he says: "Christians do not believe in […]
The Resurrection Account in Tatian’s Diatesseron (April 21, 2014)
Parchment 24
Tatian (120-180 CE) wrote a famous harmony of the Gospels called the "Diatesseron" and it was so popular that early manuscripts still exist that are based upon it, such as Parchment 24 and Papyrus 25. The following a long quotation of the Resurrection accounts as they were harmonized by […]
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Saint Gregory of Nyssa (September 11, 2013)
Icon of Gregory of Nyssa
Gregory of Nyssa (329-389 A.D.) is called The Star of Nyssa because of his immense genius. It's a marvel of history that the three Cappadocian Father's appeared at once. Gregory constantly praises his older brother Basil the Great, calling him "our Master", and without exception praises him constantly, […]
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Origen on Election and Apokatastasis (June 8, 2012)
Origen of Alexandria and apokatastasis: Edward Moore
Origen of Alexandria's writings on Election and Predestination must be read while keeping his teachings on Universalism and Resurrection in mind. Origen's doctrine of ἀποκατάστασις (apokatastasis or apocatastasis) is famous for supporting Universalism (or Universal Reconciliation), that is that all people will eventually saved and […]
