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[[Image:Annibale Carracci 1585.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Holy Women at the Tomb of Christ (detail).<br> circa 1597-8. <br>Oil on canvas, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg. ]]
The '''resurrection''' is the single most important event in world history: [[Jesus]]'s victory over death and the grave. Through [[Christ]] and his victory over death, all can have victory through Him. Liberal Christians tend to interpret the Resurrection symbolically and doubt its historicity, while [[atheists]] deny it outright, which arguments are countered by [[Christian apologetics]]<ref>[http://www.tektonics.org/TK-J.html See under Jesus-Resurrection]</ref><ref>[http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/_PDFArchives/theological-dictionary/TD1W0401.pdf Alternate Theories of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ— Part Two]</ref><ref>[http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/bodily.html The Bodily Resurrection of Jesus Dr. William Lane Craig]</ref> and the transformational effects of faith in Christ.<ref>[http://www.cbn.com/700club/features/amazing]</ref>
At the '''[[Last Judgment]]''' all of the dead will also be physically resurrected and judged according to their works. {{cquote|Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things ''done'' in ''his'' body, according to that he hath done, whether ''it be'' good or bad. <br>— [http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/5-10.htm 2 Corinthians 5:9-10]}}See [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+20%3A11-15&version=KJV Revelation 20:11-15] and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25%3A31-46&version=KJV Matthew 25:31-46]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+12%3A2-3&version=KJV Daniel 12:2-3] and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+15%3A12-58&version=KJV 1 Corinthians 15:12-58].<br>Compare [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+7%3A21-27&version=KJV Matthew 7:21-27] and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+2%3A14-28&version=KJV James 2:14-28].
==Protestantism as a form of Gnostic ChristianitySee also ==
[[Relativism|Relativist]] interpreters emphasize that "the true value of the Gospel" lies primarily in its profound psychological and emotional impact, in '''''the telling of the story''''', without the necessity of it being factually and historically true, as a powerful means of causing spiritual transformation through personal identification with "the struggle and triumph of the mythical Jesus invented by Paul and the Gospel writers and the developed tradition of Christianity". The [[Historical-grammatical method (Literal hermeneutic)]] of [[orthodox]] [[catholic]] biblical [[hermeneutics]] directly contradicts this approach.
The "myth" assertion that the story of Jesus is an [[Archetype|archetypical]] [[icon]]ic pattern for personal insight and development—''being profoundly "awakened" and transformed by being dynamically engaged and absorbed in the telling of the story''—is a prime element of [[Gnosticism|gnostic initiation]] and [[Cosmic Humanism]], which is in direct opposition to the grounded reality of the [[Christian mysteries]].<ref>Compare [[Subjectivism]], [[Mysticism]], [[Gnosticism]], [[Humanism]], [[Christian socialism]].</ref> See
*[https://odyssey.antiochsb.edu/literary/joseph-campbell-the-heros-journey/ '''Joseph Campbell & The Hero's Journey''' - Odyssey Online. Antioch University, Santa Barbara (odyssey.antiochsb.edu)]
*[http://www.tlu.ee/~rajaleid/montaazh/Hero's%20Journey%20Arch.pdf '''Excerpts from ''Myth and the Movies'', Stuart Voytilla''', by Christopher Vogler (tlu.ee)] pdf (9 pages)
*[https://asyourpoetshavesaid.com/does-jesus-follow-joseph-campbell-heros-journey/ '''Does Jesus follow Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey?''' (asyourpoetshavesaid.com)]
*[https://strangenotions.com/gospels-myth/ '''Are the Gospels a Myth?''', by Fr. Dwight Longenecker - Strange Notions: The Digital Areopagus—Reason. Faith. Dialogue (strangenotions.com)] ''They only seem to be, but they are not a myth.''—see '''[[Fallacy of analogy]]'''.
*[https://www.firstthings.com/article/1996/04/are-the-gospels-mythical '''Are The Gospels Mythical?''' by Rene Girard (firstthings.com)] ''Some people insist that they are, in spite of evidence to the contrary.''
Author Philip J. Lee, '''''Against the Protestant Gnostics''''' <ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/845498.Against_the_Protestant_Gnostics Against the Protestant Gnostics, Philip J. Lee, Oxford University Press, 1993 (goodreads.com)] <br> See [https://preachingpeace.org/against-the-protestant-gnostics/ ''Against the Protestant Gnostics'': Book Review, by Caleb Miller - Preaching Peace (preachingpeace.org)]</ref> shows that Gnostic tendencies are being taught alongside Christian orthodoxy, and that the Reformation at its heart fostered the inherent Gnostic tendencies toward a disdain for authority and the physical nature of things, and the Gnostic disdain of the [[sacrament]]s and disdain of the doctrine of the [[Last Judgment|physical resurrection of the body]], and a ''[[sola scriptura]]'' reading of scripture ''[[sola spiritu]]'' with the hope of a bodiless spiritual-only salvation forever in heaven after death, through a direct "personal relation with Christ" (as a cosmic spiritual entity) and "knowing Jesus" by the "chosen elect".<ref>The same elements are found in the earlier [[Bogomil: Bogomilism|Bogomils]] and the [[Cathar]]s or [[Albigenses]].</ref> He demonstrates how these teachings of Gnosticism have wormed their way into Christian teachings, particularly in North American Protestantism. Pastor and author Peter Dietsch, in summarizing Lee's book, says, "''In both the Old and New Testaments, the knowledge of God is not self-discoverable. God has revealed Himself in and through a community (His people, the Church), therefore He may be known only through that community.''" <ref>[https://www.theaquilareport.com/gnosticism-vs-christianity/ '''Gnosticism vs. Christianity:''' Six contrasts between the teachings of Gnosticism and the Christian faith, Written by Peter M. Dietsch - The Aquila Report (theaquilareport.com)]
:—Peter M. Dietsch is pastor of Providence PCA (''[[Presbyterian Church in America]]'') in Midland, Texas. He summarizes '''''Against the Protestant Gnostics''''', by Philip J. Lee.</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Historicity of Jesus]]
* [[Resurrection Sunday]]
* [[Resurrection of Jesus Christ]]