Paragraph 2. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Even
when faced with the reality of the risen Jesus the disciples are still
doubtful, so impossible did the thing seem: they thought they were seeing a
ghost. “In their joy they were still disbelieving and still
wondering.”⁵⁰⁶ Thomas will also experience the test of doubt and
St. Matthew relates that during the risen Lord’s last appearance in Galilee
“some doubted.”⁵⁰⁷ Therefore the hypothesis that the Resurrection
was produced by the apostles’ faith (or credulity) will not hold up. On the
contrary their faith in the Resurrection was born, under the action of divine
grace, from their direct experience of the reality of the risen Jesus.

PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
- CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD
  - Article 5 “HE DESCENDED INTO HELL. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN”
    - Paragraph 2. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team