medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Thank you for the response and calling us all back to the original inquiry that I raised a few weeks ago. I have tried to keep the two dimensions separate (the resurrection of Jesus and the resurrection of human beings) though they interconnect at various points as the latter relies on the earlier dimension.
One of the major questions I have had in the back of my mind as I work on this theme of the resurrection of Jesus is: what happened to what Paul stated so clearly in I Corinthians 15 in medieval theology and spirituality? i.e., Paul states that without the resurrection of Jesus the Christian faith is meaningless. But it seems that, with so much attention focused on the passion and death of Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus was not lost, but certainly it appears to have lost its primary and central focus in medieval Christian theology (and art?). Certain Pauline scholars have argued that Paul was totally focused on the resurrection of Jesus because it was the Risen Christ who appeared to him on the way to Damascus. In fact, a recent book on Paul and his Letter to the Romans argues that it is not faith per se that is central to the letter (as Luther believed) but it is the object of faith that is central to Paul: the resurrection of Jesus. If this is the case, how did it happen that medieval theologians, artists, mystics, etc. lost sight of this central teaching of Paul?
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Subject: Re: [M-R] Resurrection Bodies?
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
As I recall, this thread began with a discussion of medieval representations of the risen Christ.
I'd remind the list (as if you needed reminding :-)) that Mary Magdelene did not recognize Jesus when she encountered him post-Resurrection. Which leads me into my second point. I was recently reading a book about St Paul, a book whose title I can't recall, in which the author discusses the body of post-Resurrection Jesus and how he appeared-if he did appear- to Paul. Very interesting and pertinent to the original query.
I'll try to find the title and post it later.
MG
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