
Pope Francis: Rocks Christendom with reconstructed view about Jesus resurrection
Pope Francis has trashed the central Christian belief by saying in an interview that Jesus did not resurrect from the dead in the same body in which he was buried.
An Italian journalist, Eugenio Scalfari, said in an article in the newspaper Repubblica, which he co-founded and edited, that the Pope gave him this reconstructed view about resurrection in an interview.
Many Christians will consider the view a heresy as it hits at one of the fundamental pillars of the Christian faith.
Scalfari quoted the Pope as saying: “He was a man until he was placed in the tomb by the women who recomposed his body. That night, in the tomb, the man disappeared and from that cave he came out in the semblance of a spirit that met the women and the Apostles while still preserving the shadow of the person, and then he definitively disappeared.”
The quote attributed to the Pope is from Scalfari’s new book, The One God and Modern Society, which centres on his interviews with Pope Francis and the late Cardinal Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, the former Archbishop of Milan.
Detailed in the New Testament, the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion is one of the main pillars of the Christian faith.
In 1 Corinthians, Paul the Apostle says: “For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures.”
Eugenio Scalfari, 95, a self-professed atheist and a long-time friend of Pope Francis, has conducted multiple interviews with the Pontiff that have caused much furore in the Christian community, Sputnik News reports.
He has previously claimed the Pope told him that hell does not exist, that divorced and remarried Christians should be admitted to Holy Communion, and that Jesus Christ isn’t God.
The Pope himself has never clarified his purported quotations carried by Scalfari. On each occasion, the Vatican has stated that Scalfari’s account is not reliable (the Italian journalist famously never records or takes notes of his conversations with the Pope and prefers to write his accounts later from memory).
Last month, Scalfari claimed that Pope Francis told him in a conversation over two years ago that he “conceives Christ as Jesus of Nazareth, a man, not God incarnate. Once incarnated, Jesus ceases to be a God and becomes a man until his death on the cross.”
A Vatican spokesman then said at a press conference that “the Holy Father never said what Scalfari wrote.”
He added that both the quoted remarks and interpretation of the conversation by Scalfari “cannot be considered a faithful account of what was said by the Pope.”
Replying to the alleged papal comments on the Resurrection, the Holy See Press Office said the quotation attributed to Pope Francis represents “a personal and free interpretation of those who listened, as appears completely evident from what is written today regarding the divinity of Jesus Christ.”
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JESUS is GOD. HE was there from the beginning…
John 14:8-10 Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT)
He Who Has Seen Me Has Seen The Father
8 Philip says to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us”. 9 Jesus says to him, “Am I with you[a] all for so long a time, and you[b] have not known[c] Me, Philip?— the one having seen Me has seen the Father. How is it you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? I am not speaking the words which I am saying to you[d] from Myself, but the Father abiding in Me is doing His works.
This is the beginning of false religious who deceives majority people of entire earth, religious leaders has promoted believes contrary to the bible scriptures in the sense that Homosexuality, same marriage,supporting wars, or are they free from the love of money? dancing in the tune of political arenas, they are really on the opposite side with what the bible says but most of them claim to do God’s will but have they proved true to their claim? instead what if there has been betrayal? then you owe it to yourself to learn the facts.
I believe it is a ploy of Satan to undermine the faith of the vulnerable. and it begins with a theological distortion that promises a stress-free life and a God who always does what He is told.
This is also an evidence of the last days. Are these not rumors of untruth. Be watchful children of God
Before calling it fake news Google it and confirm the story not emotional reaction. Why do Nigerians behave they know better than the original adherents of religion fostered on you by missionaries and jihadists? The truth is coming out but you cannot fathom it because we have been brainwashed to accept what us not true. Jesus never uttered in the bible that his death will save mankind from sin but that is what we have been told to believe.
You’re very correct, but the so-called Christians would never agree, Too much Indolence.
My dear be aware that without Jesus death we have no hope for everlasting life, Hebrew 10:10 says that Jesus die once for all time as a sacrifice for our sins
I quite agree with your post on this issue. Unfortunately, much of spiritual and religious beliefs are just that…beliefs. Facts are hard to gather from a history without real pictures, or spoken languages, other than Hebrew. Although we translated the scriptures to English, it is not clear if what we translated is correct information Biblically. Being a spiritual person myself, I have often wrestled with the truth to my own beliefs, and felt that what I believe is of my own means for a defense mechanism to survive this life I live today. This is not to dispute the beliefs of others, but to get others to seek facts in what they believe and not what they hear, or in the case of scripture…read.
How could Jesus show doubting Thomas the scars of the nails in his palms if he was a spirit (John 20:24-29)?
Somebody should have his brain checked
Angels, are human or spirit? Have you watched trending YouTube videos where angels are sited in the sky? God can decide to transform Himself, He is God!
God bless you and your generations in Jesus name
Dear Catholics,
Paul is a fraud. You follow Paul Chist, not Jesus.
For the record.
The 7 stars from the book of revelation are what creation describes. Star number 4 has crucifixes as the main component. It is symbolic of the advent of advanced life.
If you have enough wood and tools to build approximately 1500 crucifixes, I can show you how to build them all. Using obscure bible quotes if you want. I could also go old school and make them using a device pictured in the Catholic bible in Exekial. It is the odd 3 rimmed wheel in the picture of the world on fire.
No, jesus is not god. He said so himself.
If you look at Youngs literal translation of the bible the problem is clear.
Angels, satan, Lucifer, the devil and demons are all catholic gods added to scripture. They are fraud. Hell does not exist.
Jesus was not a son of god, the sons of gods are the most hideous people in the bible.
Creation in genesis is a rip off. You can find it in Taoism, ancient native American cave paintings and just about every society on the planet. Except they did not ham handedly cram the Abrahamic god into it, so it actually makes sense.
So, catholics are the devil they invented. That is why they are constantly playing defense.
FAKE NEWS. JESUS IS LORD OF ALL AND ABOVE ALL
FAKE NEWS IN SOCIAL MEDIA HAD BECOME WORRISOME FOR SAKE OF POPULARITY PEOPLE INVENT LIES AND FEED BILLIONS OF PEOPLES WITH POISON OF LIES
According to Daniel 7: 20-25, Papacy or the Pope is represented by Little horn. This horn speaks boastful words against the Most High. This horn changed times and laws of the Most High and persecutes the Saints of the Most High. What I am alluding is that Pope and what his organisation represents is evil and representative of devil on earth. I pity everyone who listens to him. What would anyone expect from devil who is waiting for his execution day? I think only those who are pliable waste time to listen to Pope and evil he vomits. By the way, is he yet to learn that the righteous dead will be raised with glorious body? It is only those who will receive mark of the beast who will receive no glorious body at second resurrection. Therefore, the Saviour was raise with glorified body. He did not say anything. Therefore. everyone needs to be careful with the enemies of truth. Furthermore, the Journalist has just exhibited ignorance. Sorry, lack of proper knowledge
You shouldn’t be using the bible, because the Pope and his sect prepared it and passed it down to you.
Who is saying the truth, the Vatican Pontiff Pope Francis or An Italian journalist, Eugenio Scalfari?
Who shall convert who?
The bible is saying the truth …We serve a living God…
Christ is the bonafide son and true representative of the most high God. The Pope is entitled to his opinion.The existence of Christ is undoutable from generation to generation. Even the Pope owed his existence to this world where he is practically a total stranger like me and you. The mystery and format of mankind existence is far beyond his imagination…
IAM AMAZED.
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