[sitetest]

Dear k omalley,

"I have great respect for JPII but I do find confusing and troubling the fact that he elevated a man to the cardinalate who denies the physical Resurrection of Christ."

I assume that we're talking about Cardinal Kasper. I've heard this said about him, especially in relation to his book, Jesus the Christ. But having read the book, I don't find that he denies the physical Resurrection of Jesus.

His language is often obscure, soft, and ambiguous concerning this central belief. But he actually spends a good part of the book examining arguments that there was no physical Resurrection, and points out that these arguments are lacking, and fail.

If you know of other works or writings where he has explicitly denied this doctrine, I be interested in hearing about them.


sitetest

[drstevej]

***His [Kaspar's] language is often obscure, soft, and ambiguous concerning this central belief [the resurrection].***

Yeah, that's what we are looking for in a Cardinal!


1 Cor. 15
3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.

Kaspar would be a ghost under a Pope Piel papacy!

[k omalley]

To be honest, I'm just going by what has been bandied about here on FR by some of the more knowledgeable posters. I guess its not fair to accuse the man(Kaspar) till I've read his book. Thanks for the info on what you have read and let us pray that the next pope unambiguously defends the physical Resurrection of Christ(and all of Church doctrine for that matter).