Resurrection or Hallucination?

December 2018 Credo Throughout the history of the Church, there have been numerous attempts by her adversaries to debunk the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus. It seems that these detractors understood very well – arguably perhaps better than some Christians do...

Upon This Rock

November 2018 Credo At about the middle of the Gospel of Matthew, we find the famous account of the conversation that Jesus had with his disciples at Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 16). In that incident, which took place just before his transfiguration, Jesus asked his...

Miracles

November 2018 Credo Even the most casual reader of the Gospels will be struck by the many stories of miracles they tell. On page after page, the Gospel writers describe Jesus cleansing the leper, opening the ears of the deaf, giving sight to the blind and even raising...

Was Jesus Mistaken?

October 2018 Credo Jesus’ statements concerning the timing of the consummation of the kingdom of God, recorded in the Gospels, have generated considerable debate among some scholars. For instance, in Mark 9:1, Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Truly, I say to you, there...

Between Death and Resurrection

October 2018 Credo One of the most important themes in Christian eschatology (the doctrine of the last things) is the intermediate state, that is, the continued existence of the person between his death and final resurrection. But the concept of the intermediate state...