Resurrection Narratives Base Page
When the first Christians began to preach, they taught a single doctrine, salvation by faith in Jesus, based on one historical event, the Resurrection. The Resurrection changed the way in which Jesus' followers perceived Him, and in changing their perception of Him, it transformed them too. The second book of the Lucan corpus, which we call Acts, describes the disciples after Easter and before Pentecost going each day to the Temple, rejoicing, worshipping together. This represents a substantial change from the bedraggled band who fled, terrified from the scene of Jesus' arrest, watched the crucifixion from a safe distance, and cowered in the Upper Room in the early hours of Easter morning.
So what was this event, which has changed world history? What did the early church think had happened? What did they think it meant? What aspects of it can we today think of as being historical, scientific, 'true'? What continuing relevance can it have, 2000 years later? These are the questions which this, possibly the most exciting section of the site, will be asking. Enjoy.