The Weekend That Changed the World
Approximately 1,982 years ago, a man died. In fact, many men died that day. We know for sure of three men. Two were tied to crosses and crucified. One was nailed to the cross. Had that been the end of it, it would have just been like so many other Roman crucifixions. But, unbeknownst to most anyone at the time, the first Easter weekend would become the most important weekend in the history of the world.
In the grand scheme of things, few people reject the historicity of Jesus. But many reject the idea of his physical resurrection. It was that resurrection that has impacted the world in the way no other event before or since has. That event shaped art, set ships to sea, started wars, ended wars, inspired the pursuit of science, collapsed the slave trade in Western Civilization, and even now is disrupting of communism in China in a way nothing else has.
Though modern scholarship has tried to disprove Biblical writings, it is generally accepted that Matthew was written by the Apostle Matthew, Mark written based on testimony from Peter, Luke written by a doctor who interviewed eyewitnesses and John by the Apostle John. Additionally, the separate books of Peter, John, James and Jude were written by eyewitnesses, the later two being half-brothers of Jesus.
Then we have the early church fathers, Ignatius, Polycarp and Clement.
We know Polycarp existed. We have writings from Polycarp, and we have writings about Polycarp. He was born around 69 AD and was martyred in 155 AD. From the writings of others about Polycarp and from Polycarp himself, we learned that he, along with a man named Ignatius, studied under an older man named John http://townhall.com/columnists/erickerickson/2015/04/03/the-weekend-that-changed-the-world-n1980100?utm_source=TopBreakingNewsCarousel&utm_medium=story&utm_campaign=BreakingNewsCarousel
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