Editing Resurrection (section)

===Christianity===
In [[Christianity]], resurrection most importantly concerns the [[resurrection of Jesus]] but also includes the resurrection of [[Judgment Day]], known as the resurrection of the dead by those Christians who subscribe to the [[Nicene Creed]] (which is the majority of mainstream Christianity), as well as the resurrection miracles done by Jesus and the prophets of the [[Old Testament]] ([[Hebrew Bible]]).

====Resurrection miracles====
[[File:Bonnat01.jpg|thumb|250px|right|''The Resurrection of Lazarus'', painting by [[Leon Bonnat]], France, 1857]]
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In the [[New Testament]], Jesus is said to have raised several persons from death. These resurrections included the daughter of [[Jairus]] shortly after death, a young man in the midst of his own [[funeral]] procession, and [[Lazarus of Bethany]], who had been buried for four days.

During the [[Ministry of Jesus]] on earth, before his death, Jesus commissioned his [[Twelve Apostles]] to, among other things, raise the dead.<ref>Not in the [[Great Commission]] of the resurrected Jesus, but only in the so-called [[Matthew 10|''Lesser Commission'']] of Matthew, specifically {{bibleverse||Matthew|10:8}}.</ref>

Similar resurrections are credited to the [[twelve apostles|apostles]] and Catholic saints. In the [[Acts of the Apostles]], [[Saint Peter]] raised a woman named [[Dorcas]] (also called Tabitha), and [[Paul the Apostle]] revived a man named [[Eutychus]] who had fallen asleep and fell from a window to his death. According to the [[Gospel of Matthew]], after Jesus's resurrection, many of those previously dead came out of their tombs and entered [[Jerusalem in Christianity|Jerusalem]], where they appeared to many. Following the [[Apostolic Age]], many saints were said to resurrect the dead, as recorded in [[Orthodoxy#Christianity|Orthodox Christian]] hagiographies.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} [[Columba|St. Columba]] supposedly raised a boy from the dead in the land of Picts<ref>Adomnan of Iona. Life of St Columba. Penguin books, 1995</ref> and [[Saint Nicholas|St. Nicholas]] is said to have resurrected pickled children from a brine barrel during a famine by making the [[sign of the cross]].<ref>{{citation|last=Ferguson|first=George|date=1976|orig-year=1954|chapter=St. Nicholas of Myra or Bari|title=Signs and Symbols in Christian Art|location=Oxford, England|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=136}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=409|title=St. Nicholas Center: Saint Nicolas|website=stnicholascenter.org|access-date=22 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205211459/http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=409|archive-date=5 December 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Resurrection of Jesus====
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[[File:Pilon-risenchrist2.jpg|thumb|Resurrection of Jesus]]
Christians regard the resurrection of Jesus as the central doctrine in Christianity. Others take the [[Incarnation (Christianity)|incarnation of Jesus]] to be more central; however, it is the [[Miracles of Jesus|miracles]]&nbsp;– and particularly his resurrection&nbsp;– which provide validation of his incarnation. According to [[Paul the Apostle]], the entire Christian faith hinges upon the centrality of the resurrection of Jesus and the hope for life after death. Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthians:
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If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.<ref>{{bibleverse|1 Corinthians|15:19-20|49}}</ref>}}

====Resurrection of the dead====
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Christianity started as a religious movement within 1st-century Judaism (late [[Second Temple Judaism]]), and it retains what the New Testament itself claims was the [[Pharisaic]] belief in the [[Pharisees#The afterlife|afterlife and resurrection of the dead]]. Whereas this belief was only one of many beliefs held about the [[world to come]] in Second Temple Judaism, it was notably rejected by the [[Sadducees]] but accepted by the Pharisees ([[Acts 23]]:6–8). Belief in the resurrection became dominant within [[Early Christianity]], and already in the [[Gospel of Luke|Gospels of Luke]] and [[Gospel of John|John]] included an insistence on the resurrection of the flesh. Most modern [[Christian churches]] continue to uphold the belief that there will be a final [[resurrection of the dead#Christianity|resurrection of the dead]] and [[World to Come#Christian eschatology|world to come]].

Belief in the resurrection of the dead, and Jesus's role as judge, is codified in the [[Apostles' Creed]], the fundamental creed of Christian [[baptismal]] faith{{vague|date=November 2024}}. The [[Book of Revelation]] also makes many references about the [[Judgment Day]], when the dead will be raised.