Will we rise again?We're more concerned to get over the act of dying than to overcome death. Socrates mastered the art of dying. Christ overcame death as the last enemy. There is a real difference between in the two things: The one is within the scope of human possibilities, the other means resurrection resurrection (rĕz'ərĕk`shən) [Lat.,=rising again], arising again from death to life. The emergence of Jesus from the tomb to live on earth again for 40 days as told in the Gospels has been from the beginning the central fact of ." German theologian the·o·lo·gi·an n. One who is learned in theology. theologian Noun a person versed in the study of theology Noun 1. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Noun 1. Dietrich Bonhoeffer - German Lutheran theologian and pastor whose works concern Christianity in the modern world; an active opponent of Nazism, he was arrested and sent to Buchenwald and later executed (1906-1945) Bonhoeffer , quoted in Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter (Plough Publishing House) |
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