This risen Christ issue was > very big to him, I suppose in contrast to images of > Catholic crucufixes.
Dear Karen, That's kind of a one-upsman thing Protestants sometimes use against the Catholics. They claim because they (Protestants) wear empty crucifixes it represents the resurrection as opposed to the Catholic crucifixes which depict Jesus being crucified. But the original reason they didn't put Jesus on the cross is because they objected to the use of figurative icons because they considered then idolatorous. > I could not help but think of Mary, who as I recall, > was the catalyst to calming the diciples afterward, in > that she recognized He indeed lived on in the faith > imbued in them. It has always been my thought that the > visions of Him were not physical events but spiritual > insights. If we are talking about a vision, I'm not sure what physical versus spiritual means. Visions are not physical to begin with. But there is a long tradition both in the gnostic texts and in the orthodox canon of Jesus appearing after the crucifixtion as a being of light. In fact, He apparently was appearing to early Christians so frequently that Luke felt he had to put a lid on it by saying that Jesus ascended after thirty days (and therefore these appearances should stop.) warmest, Susan The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu