page_title: Resurrection of Jesus
section_title: Jewish–Hellenistic background
hierarchical_section_title: Resurrection of Jesus / Jewish–Hellenistic background
caption_attribution_description: Russian icon with 5 themes: The Holy Trinity of New Testament; Good Felon enters in Heaven; Adam, Eva and others follows Jesus from Hell to Heaven; Harrowing of Hell; Entombment of Christ Пятичастная икона: Новозаветная Троица, Шествие праведников в Рай, Благоразумный разбойник в Раю, Положение во гроб, Сошествие во ад.
context_page_description: The resurrection of Jesus, or anastasis, is the Christian belief that God raised Jesus on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as first of the dead, starting his exalted life as Christ and Lord. In Christian theology, the death and resurrection of Jesus are the most important events, a foundation of the Christian faith, and commemorated by Easter. For Christians, his resurrection is the guarantee that all the Christian dead will be resurrected at Christ's second coming. For the Christian tradition, the bodily resurrection was the restoration to life of a transformed body powered by spirit, as described by Paul and the Gospels, that led to the establishment of Christianity.
  In the theological movement of Liberal Christianity, the post-resurrection appearances of Jesus are explained as visionary experiences that gave the impetus to the belief in the exaltation of Jesus and a resumption of the missionary activity of Jesus' followers.
caption: Five part resurrection icon, Solovetsky Monastery, 17th century
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