Archive for June, 2009
The Ascension of Jesus refers to Jesus bodily ascending to heaven in the presence of his apostles, forty days following his resurrection. This ascension is well attested in the New Testament, described in Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:1-12. The ascension takes place after his resurrection (John 20:17; Acts 1:3). In the gospel of [ READ MORE ]
OFI Posts: “How do we receive those benefits which the Father bestowed on his only-begotten Son — not for Christ’s own private use, but that he might enrich poor and needy men? First, we must understand that as long as Christ remains outside of us, and we are separated from him, all that he has [ READ MORE ]
“By contrast, the first two greatest commands—to love God with heart and soul and mind and strength, and our neighbor as ourselves—do not constitute the gospel, or any part of it. We may well argue that when the gospel is faithfully declared and rightly received, it will result in human beings more closely aligned to [ READ MORE ]
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