Resurrection Flashcards
What are the key features of jesus’ resurrection?
.All four gospels declare the tomb to be empty, and Christ to have risen.
.In his post resurrection appearances Jesus was similar but different he could eat and feel wounds.
.Not resuscitation like Lazarus because Lazarus will die again
What are Christian ideas of the soul regarding resurrection?
.Ruach - breath/spirit - god’s breath he breathed life into dust to create Adam
.the soul is the moral and spiritual dimension of human existence and the source of human-kinds response to God.
What are Augustine’s ideas of resurrection?
.he was sure that the resurrection had to be a bodily physical resurrection where both the spiritual and physical effects of sin would be removed
.He thought that the fall affects us both spiritually and physically.
.Belief that God in his omnipotence will be able to reconstitute the bodies of those martyrs burnt alive so led to the allowance of cremation in many churches.
Why do some Christians believe in spiritual resurrection?
.The idea of a physical resurrection may not make sense, they may argue that the physical body rots away to nothing in the grave or is burnt to ashes in cremation.
.It is the soul/spirit of the person that is resurrected so when the body comes to its end at death it is the soul which lives on with God.
