Was Jesus’s Body Stolen? (The Historical Jesus Episode 8)
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"Pope Gregory the Great, a highly intelligent man, once heard a story that a dead Roman craftsman, who was buried in a church, began shouting “I burn! I burn!” The next day his clothes were found but no body was there. Pope Gregory believed that this man had gone to Hell. This shows that mystical missing bodies are not just a phenomenon confined to ancient myths and legends; rather, there are examples of communities reporting missing bodies soon after their deaths without any logical explanation. This proves that it may be possible for a community to invent a dramatic legend without anything actually having happened." Dr. Allison's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Resurrection-Jesus-Apologetics-Polemics-History-ebook/dp/B08WK5H6T6?ref_=ast_author_mpb
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