resurrection of Jesus Christ

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Christian doctrine central belief in Christianity event in the New Testament

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the foundational Christian belief that Jesus rose bodily from the dead, affirming his divinity and the promise of eternal life for believers.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Resurrection of Jesus	28
Resurrection of Christ	17
Resurrection of Jesus Christ	15
resurrection of Jesus	8
resurrection of Jesus Christ canonical	6
resurrected Christ	4
risen Christ	3
Resurrection narratives	2
the resurrection of Jesus Christ	2
the risen Christ	2
Christ's resurrection	1
Emmaus road appearance	1
Jesus’ own resurrection	1
New Testament resurrection narratives	1
Paschal mystery of Christ	1
appearance of Christ after resurrection	1
resurrection of Christ	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T35146 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: resurrection of Jesus Christ
Context triple: [Easter, mainTheme, resurrection of Jesus Christ]

A. Incarnation of Christ
The Incarnation of Christ is the Christian belief that the eternal Son of God assumed human nature in the person of Jesus Christ, who is both fully divine and fully human.
B. Crucifixion of Jesus
The Crucifixion of Jesus is the execution of Jesus of Nazareth by Roman authorities outside Jerusalem, a central event in Christian theology believed to bring about human salvation.
C. Second Coming of Christ
The Second Coming of Christ is the anticipated future return of Jesus to earth in Christian eschatology to judge humanity and fully establish God’s kingdom.
D. Christology
Christology is the branch of Christian theology that studies the person, nature, and work of Jesus Christ.
E. Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: resurrection of Jesus Christ
Target entity description: The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the foundational Christian belief that Jesus rose bodily from the dead, affirming his divinity and the promise of eternal life for believers.

A. Incarnation of Christ
The Incarnation of Christ is the Christian belief that the eternal Son of God assumed human nature in the person of Jesus Christ, who is both fully divine and fully human.
B. Crucifixion of Jesus
The Crucifixion of Jesus is the execution of Jesus of Nazareth by Roman authorities outside Jerusalem, a central event in Christian theology believed to bring about human salvation.
C. Second Coming of Christ
The Second Coming of Christ is the anticipated future return of Jesus to earth in Christian eschatology to judge humanity and fully establish God’s kingdom.
D. Christology
Christology is the branch of Christian theology that studies the person, nature, and work of Jesus Christ.
E. Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian doctrine ⓘ central belief in Christianity ⓘ event in the New Testament ⓘ
affirmedBy	Apostles’ Creed ⓘ Athanasian Creed ⓘ Nicene Creed ⓘ
associatedWithTime	third day after crucifixion ⓘ
celebratedOn	Easter Sunday ⓘ linked to: Easter
centralTo	Christian apologetics ⓘ Christian eschatology ⓘ Christian liturgy ⓘ Christian soteriology ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Easter Vigil ⓘ Paschal Triduum ⓘ
deniedBy	nontrinitarian Christian groups ⓘ
doctrineHeldBy	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Evangelical churches ⓘ Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy Pentecostal churches ⓘ Protestant churches ⓘ linked to: Protestant Christianity Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
followedBy	appearances of the risen Christ ⓘ ascension of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Ascension Day
hasDoctrinalStatus	article of faith in Nicene Christianity ⓘ dogma in Catholic theology ⓘ
hasParticipant	God the Father ⓘ linked to: the Father Holy Spirit ⓘ linked to: God the Holy Spirit Jesus Christ ⓘ
hasPrimarySource	First Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ linked to: Pauline Epistles Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
interpretedAs	basis of Christian hope of eternal life ⓘ defeat of death ⓘ vindication of Jesus’ divinity ⓘ
linkedConcept	Paschal mystery ⓘ linked to: Paschal Triduum justification by faith ⓘ kingdom of God ⓘ linked to: Kingdom of God resurrection of the dead ⓘ
precededBy	burial of Jesus ⓘ crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ
scripturalBasis	1 Corinthians 15 ⓘ Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Romans 6 ⓘ
subjectOf	Christian hymnody ⓘ Christian preaching ⓘ Christian theology ⓘ historical Jesus research ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Jerusalem ⓘ
viewedAs	bodily resurrection in most Christian traditions ⓘ

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Referenced by (94)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Easter → mainTheme → resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ

Atonement → involves → resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ

Atonement → keyEvent → Resurrection of Jesus ⓘ