"In the first place, I have passed on to you what I, myself, received: that CHRIST died for our sins, as Scripture says; that HE was buried; that HE was raised on the third day, according to the Scriptures; that HE appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve. Afterward, HE appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters together; most of them are still alive, although some have already gone to rest. Then HE appeared to James, and after that, to all the apostles. And last of all, HE appeared to the most despicable of them, this is, to me.
Now, whether it was I or they, this, we preach, and this, you have believed." - 1 Corinthians 15:3-8. 11
(I have passed on to you. Paul will not recall a tale, or a "myth," these stories full of wisdom that abounded with the Greeks. They bared an order in the world, a meaning of life, but were only stories. Today certain people speak of the Resurrection in the same way. They say: "It matters little what took place, the Gospels are not directly interested in what happened to JESUS, for them it was important that strange events would give courage to the disciples and the hope of another life." Paul says precisely the contrary: the Resurrection is a fact.)
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