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- From: ba@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (B.A. Davis-Howe)
- Subject: Re: Why the Cross?
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 21:24:17 GMT
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- pst@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Peter Stephen Thomas Iii) writes:
-
- >In article <31DEC199209572268@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov> puc@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (Bernard Puc) writes:
- >>>
- >>>One other point, something that always seemed odd to me: there is so much
- >>>emphasis upon the death of Jesus, but little on the truly big event, his
- >>>resurrection 3 days later. That, to me, seemed the biggest, most important
- >>>event in the life of this prophet, yet in many contemporary re-tellings of
- >>>the tale, this point is most decidely ignored. Commentary?
- >>>
- >>>
- >>What contemporary retellings are you referring to? Xians celebrate Easter
- >>which is on the day of resurresction. That's a 'bigger' holiday than
- >>Good Friday when the crucifying takes place.
-
- >I was thinking of such plays as "Godspell" and "Last Temptation" just to name
- >a few. IMHO, they seem to leave the story hanging at a cruicial point and
- >miss the truly beautiful event of the Ressurrection.
-
- Well, Godspell is the Roman version. JCSuperstar is the Protestant one. The
- Roman church is rather crucifixion (sp?) focused, as someone else pointed out.
-
- >Agreed, maybe these aren't the definitive "examples" of Xian faith, but most
- >symbology that I've seen <in Western Xianity anyway, my knowledge of Eastern
- >Orthodox is rather small> is the Jesus dying on the Cross, rather than some
- >symbol of his Ressurection.
-
- Personally, I think that the Crucifix should only be displayed one day a year--
- Good Friday. The empty cross or the Christ Triumphant (the cross with Jesus
- sort of floating in front with his arms upraised) image should be used the rest
- of the time. Of course, this is only one Christian's POV.
-
- Enjoy the journey!
- --Br'anArthur
- Queer, Peculiar, and Wyrd! :-)
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