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Describe the ascension.
Luke: “And it came to pass while he blessed them he was parted from them and carried up into heaven” (xxiv, 51).
The ascension of Romulus doubtless suggested the story of the ascension of Jesus.
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A skeptical, systematic critique argues that the Christ of the New Testament is a constructed myth rather than a reliably attested historical person. It assesses the silence of contemporary writers, the anonymous and late character of the gospels, and the contradictions within infancy narratives, ministry accounts, crucifixion, and resurrection reports. The author evaluates the moral portrait and teachings attributed to the figure and traces parallels with older pagan religions and divinities as possible sources of the myth. The conclusion asserts that supernatural claims lack sufficient historical support and that veneration rests on literary and theological fabrication rather than firm documentary evidence.
Describe the ascension.
Luke: “And it came to pass while he blessed them he was parted from them and carried up into heaven” (xxiv, 51).
The ascension of Romulus doubtless suggested the story of the ascension of Jesus.