We do not believe that there was a bodily resurrection after
the Crucifixion of Christ, but that there was a time after His Ascension when
His disciples perceived spiritually His true greatness and realized He was
eternal in being. This is what has been reported symbolically in the New
Testament and been misunderstood. His eating with His disciples after
resurrection is the same thing.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 9 October 1947 written on
behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; compilation: Resurrection
of Jesus Christ’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of
Justice)
