The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-12-23
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"'He arose again from the dead,
assembled into Heaven.
'In the resurrection of Jesus from
the dead and His ascension into heav-
en-, we see the triumph Of the Son of
God over sin and death, the compile
ton of His earthly mission and the
glorious .exaltaton of His humanity.
He humbled Himself" says st. Paul,
becoming obedient unto death, even
the death on the cross for which, cause
God also hath exalted Him and given
Him a Name which is above all names
that in the name of Jesus every knee
should bow Phil. II $40.
by the resurrection we mean that
the lifeless body of Jesus became
whole and living again, glorified and
spirituahzed indeed, but the same liv-
ing human body. During His life,
Jesus predicted His death and resur-
rection. Behold He said, we go up
to Jerusalem and all things shall be
accomplished that were written by the
prophets concerning the Son of Man.
For he shall be delivered to the Gen
tiles and shall be Knocked and scourg-
ed, and after they have scourged him,
they will put him to death and the
third day he shall rise again Luke
XVIII, 80. This prophecy was fulfilled
to the letter. Christ's death by cruel
fixion was officially verified and re-
ported to PLATE. 1t is recorded in
Jewish and Pagan history, in the an
nails of Tacitus as well as in the pages
of the Talmud.
Embedded in History.
"After three days in the grave,
Jesus arose from the dead. He was
seen by the apostles and by more than
500 of his disciples. They walked
with him, conversed with him, ate and
drank with him. All the gospels bear
witness to the death of Jesus, the
empty tomb, the appearance of the
risen Christ in Jerusalem or 'Galilee.
Belief in the resurrection is therefore
not part of vicious circle of divine
faith. 1t is built on the same kind of
evidence as that on which all history
and human knowledge are established.
To deny it is to deny the value of all
evidence, to destroy all history, to re-
move the groundwork of all scientific
discovery.
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even if the evidence of honest, re-
liable and trustworthy witnesses were
wanting. such history-shaping events
as the origin of Christianity, the con-
version of Jew and Pagan, and the in
stituton of Sunday can be explained
only by the fact of the resurrection.
Recall how the apostles, believing
Jesus to be the Messiah, left home,
friends and occupation to follow him.
They expected him to free Israel from
the Roman yoke and make Gods chos-
en- people the rulers of the world.
They saw Him dead before their eyes
and realized that the dead cannot lead
nation to victory. Despair and fear
gripped their hearts. Even their lead
err was terrified and fed at the voice
of maid-seryant Six weeks later,
these towards of Good Friday were
filled with superhuman courage. They
boldly confronted the Jews and accus.
ed them of having put to death the
author Of life. Jesus, a man approved
Of God amongst you-you by the hands
of wicked men have crucified and
slain (Acts II, %, 49, Peter before
the Sanhedrin declared, BE it known
to you all and to all the people OF
Israel, that by the name Of our Lord
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you
crucified, whom God hath raised from
the dead, even by Him this man