Editor’s Notes

The Gospel accounts of the Resurrection can appear, to a superficial glance, difficult to order or harmonise. One result of this is that sceptical or “critical” scholars have adopted explanations which are incompatible with Catholic doctrine – such as accepting that the accounts contradict each other, or worse. Others have attempted to harmonise the accounts, but in ways that do not seem wholly satisfactory.>As we have been seeing over at Father Coleridge Reader, Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ’s work was not simply a commentary on the life of Our Lord, but also a harmonisation. His account of the Resurrection narratives resolves the difficulties with ingenuity and clarity.

Originally published in The WM Review. Read original article