The Sadducees and Resurrection from the Dead (Luke 20, 27-39) This blog is written for the person who wants to enter more thoroughly into the meaning of this conflict story (Sadducees against Jesus) ...

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This book traces the appearance of the messianic idea from the prophet Isaiah to the Bar Kochbah revolt. It demonstrates the dramatic, many-sided and fascinating controversy about the messianic idea.

Building on last Sunday’s Gospel, this week we are prompted to reflect on life and death once again. The readings are reminders that some beliefs, in particular belief in resurrection, were not easy ...

When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest… From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of ...

In Mark 14, the scene is tense. Jesus stands before an assembly of the high priest, all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes. False witnesses rise and tell tales meant to condemn Jesus, but ...

From the book of sermons and conversations with Serbian Patriarch Pavle Walk to Eternity: Selected Sermons and Interviews published by Sretensky Monastery. The Sadducees were rationalists; that is, ...

Once again, the Pharisees want to trap Jesus. Matthew 22 is full of controversies. After opening with the parable of the wedding feast and the man without a wedding garment, there follow four separate ...