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Definition of Resurrection of Christ
1. Noun. (New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion.
Category relationships: New Testament
Generic synonyms: Miracle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resurrection Of Christ
Literary usage of Resurrection of Christ
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1918)
"Accordingly, the order of events as presented in this passage is: (1) the
resurrection of Christ takes place; (2) during the present generation ('we which ..."
2. History of the Planting and Training of the Christian Church by the Apostles by August Neander (1865)
"And for the same reason, he could also call it a baptism into the resurrection
of Christ. But this latter reference presupposes the former ; the latter, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... faith in the Resurrection of Christ pointed at the beginning not so much to
the fact of the Resurrection, as to the immortal life of Christ with God. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"V. Resurrection of Christ.— One of the fundamental facts of ... is the resurrection
of Christ; without this fact, the whole fabric of our apologetic falls ..."