1. God is in some sense literally a dead body hanging upon a piece of wood.
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2. Christianity early on fought a lot of battles about separating Jesus from "the flesh". ->
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A lot of the conflict with the gnostics was the refusal to permit them to teach that Christ wasn't->
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really in the flesh with blood and bile and death and all that. It's a big deal that Jesus ->
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*literally* die. "Like a man" (or animal).
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Like a man. The humanity of Christ is important. Sometimes compared to a lamb symbolically too.
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But what did he do? He transcended it. The Christian narrative is full of symbolism abt transcending the body.
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He *perfected* it and *defeated* death. This is an extremely important distinction in the old theology. ->
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*Everything* about the fight with the gnostics early on hangs on that distinction. Some even go so far as ->
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to emphasize *bodily* resurrection to keep the concept clear here. Huge deal.
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Yes and all throughout Catholic history. The humanity of Christ. The body. The wounds. The suffering.
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