Chapter 9: Jesus' Resurrection from the Dead

Msgr. Anthony Figueiredo of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum reflects on this chapter from Pope Benedict XVI's new book on Jesus of Nazareth. In this chapter, the Holy Father asks "What is the Resurrection of Jesus?" He also examines the two different types of Resurrection testimony. The first, what the Pope calls the "Confessional Tradition," looks at the question of the empty tomb, the third day and witnesses to the Resurrection. The second, which the Holy Father calls the "Narrative Tradition," examines Jesus' appearances to Paul and the appearances of Jesus in the Gospels. In this chapter, Pope Benedict also summarizes "The Nature of Jesus' Resurrection and its Historical Significance...."