Is the idea of a Friday crucifixion an official position of the Catholic Church?
Iâm not sure what you mean by âa Friday Crucifixionâ?
Is this referring to the day of which our Savior was crucified, the day commemorating Christâs Passion, or is this more like a practice of personal crucifixion that one does every Friday?
If you are asking how we know that Christ was Crucified on Friday and the timeline doesnât quite add up, I will point you to a few posts by Jimmy Akin:
- When Was Jesus Crucified? The Day of the Week and Passover
- âThree Days and Three Nightsâ?
- 7 clues tell us precisely when Jesus died (the year, month, day, and hour revealed)
- The Accurate Date of the Crucifixion (audio)
Hope this helps : )
re: âIâm not sure what you mean by âa Friday Crucifixionâ?
Is this referring to the day of which our Savior was crucifiedâŚâ
Yes.
re: âIf you are asking how we know that Christ was Crucified on FridayâŚâ
Iâm not.
Soul,
re: âAccording to tradition, the Catholic Church recognizes that Jesus died at 3 pm on a FridayâŚâ
Is this a dogma, or a doctrine or a discipline of the Church?
BTW, any thoughts on why the Messiah specifically made the point that three nights would be involved with His time in the âheart of the earthâ?
I couldnât figure out how to navigate the link. What does it say the Messiahâs reason was for making the point that 3 daytimes and 3 night times would be involved?
Did you see my reply to your question about 3 days and 3 nights? I think it is what you are looking for.
As far as the point of it, Jesus is the temple that would be torn down and raised up in 3 days (John 2:19), but the Jewish leaders did not understand what Jesus meant. They thought He was talking about the literal Jewish temple that had been under construction for forty-six years.
Check out those links I sent you in regards to how the Jewish ear would have interpreted âthree days and three nights,â as they did not mean 24-hour increments as some might interpret it in our current time.
Peace to all,
I think the tomb is the City of Jerusalem, is when Jesus arrives in Jerusalem. Jesus was there Wednesday Thursday and died Friday, 3 days, and gone descended Saturday and resurrected Sunday.
Peace always
Stephen
Soul,
But why specifically 3 days and 3 nights?
The Messiah said several times that three days would be involved with His time in the âheart of the earthâ. Iâm just wondering why that wouldnât be sufficient, so that He needed to go ahead and specify a particular number of days as well as a particular number of nights.
Mel Gibson is currently filming the sequel to âThe Passion of The Christâ and it will touch on this duration of Jesusâ Passion. Perhaps it will shed some light on what you are looking for.
Soul,
re: âJesus was referring to being physically dead for that amount of timeâŚâ
Correct - 3 daytimes and 3 night times. How do you get that with a Friday crucifixion/Sunday resurrection?
Soul,
re: âOn February 21st, 1944, Jesus said the following to Maria Valtorta:âŚâ
Youâve already posted that. And I still donât see how it explains the lack of the third night that the Messiah said would be involved with His time in the âheart of the earthâ.
Soul,
re: âJesus explained that He resurrected sooner on Sunday at 5 am rather than Sunday at 3 pm, due to His Motherâs prayers.â
There would still only be two nights - Saturday night and Sunday night.
Soul,
re: âBetween the two of us, youâre the only [one] saying that Jesus was physically dead for a full three days, or seventy-two hoursâŚâ
I never said anything about 72 hours.
re: âIâm relaying that Jesus died at 3 pm in the afternoon on FridayâŚâ
Friday afternoon, then, would be a portion of the first calendar day and a portion of the first daytime. Saturday would be all of the second calendar day, and all of the first night time, and all of the second daytime. And Sunday would be a portion of the third calendar day and all of the second night time and a portion of the third daytime, assuming that â5am Sundayâ was daytime.
You can see that there are only 2 night times involved.
Soul,
The Messiah never specified that 72 hours would be involved. Youâre just guessing that a day and a night has to be referring to a full 24 hours - not a minute less and not a minute more. But itâs irrelevant anyway.
Please outline how what the Messiah said in the poem changes the number of night times to be involved - from three nights to two nights.
Shots fired! Ha-Ha! : )
Jesusâ alleged burial cloth ; )
Not âLethal Weapon 6â? : )
Peace to all,
The City of Jerusalem, Wed, Thur and Friday were His three nights in the Tomb.
Saturday Jesus was busy and descended on an early Saturday morning emptying the Bosom of Abraham and crossed over with all in the flesh to The Chasm of Hell and busted down the gates and tore down the walls destroying death forever resurrecting spirit and life in the New Heaven and Earth, Heaven for all.
The angels know of the coming power of flesh in Heaven saving the Angels and all mankind One Holy Spirit One God in being.
The Souls of all mankind and angels are Created failed and become transformed and sanctified and confirmed infallible incorruptible and undefiled through both natures, spirit and life glorified and transfigured becoming again One Holy Spirit Family One God in being.
Peace always,
Stephen
StephenAndrew,
re: âThe City of Jerusalem, Wed, Thur and Friday were His three nights in the Tomb.â
That would mean the crucifixion took place during Thursday daytime.
The Catholic Church, though, thinks it took place during Friday daytime.