The Symbolic Treasure Behind Holy Week (Part II)

In his notes on the theology of Jakob Böhme, Dr. Franz Hartmann thus sums up the mystic symbolism of the crucifixion: “The cross represents terrestrial life, and the crown of thorns the sufferings of the soul within the elementary body, but also the victory of the spirit over the elements of darkness. The body is naked, to indicate that the candida

The tears of Peter were therefore indicative of a profound shift in moral imagination and sensibility. Something had become visible that had formerly been hidden from sight. For Christian thought, God had chosen to reveal himself among the least of men and women, and to exalt them to the dignity of his own sons and daughters. And, as a consequence,

Chilton, indeed, argues that what Judas betrayed, and what Jesus was crucified for, was not his action in the Temple but his regarding of himself and his followers as a counter-Temple movement;96 but this simply confirms the current tendency, which I believe to be profoundly correct, to associate the Temple with Jesus’ death.