We all look towards the East when we pray, but few of us know that we are seeking our own old country, Paradise, which God planted in Eden in the East. We pray standing, on the first day of the week, but we do not all know the reason. On the day of the resurrection (or "standing again," Greek: … [Read more...]
Resurrection: Bare Fact or Theological Revelation?
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon The permanence of the soul, its continued life after death, was not in contention among the early Christians. Indeed, thanks in part to Plato, some form of belief in a spiritual afterlife was quite in fashion in the Greco-Roman culture where the Apostles proclaimed the … [Read more...]
Do We Really Believe in the Resurrection?
by Fr. Michael Shanbour The Holy Apostle Paul made it abundantly clear that the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation of our faith when he wrote to the Corinthians: “And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain” (1 Cor. 15:14). It … [Read more...]
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