"He rose 'AGAIN' from the dead?

[NanaGigi]

Why is this word used in both the Apostles and Nicene Creeds? Didn’t Jesus only rise from the dead once? Chapter and verse on this language, please, if anyone knows.

Also, is it not MANDATORY to pray the Nicene Creed at Sunday and Holy Day liturgies? We have a priest who NEVER does it and I’d like to show him it is required. He insists, “this is the way I do my Mass.” (In other words, it’s all about him, not about God or about robbing us of our Liturgy.)

 

[puzzleannie]

Yes the Creed must be recited at Sunday Mass, the Apostles Creed can be used for Masses with children. Only if there is some other rite going on which involves a profession of faith, such as baptism or some of the RCIA rites, can the Creed be omitted.

“I went to bed and got up again”. It is not saying I got up twice, just that sometime after going to bed I got up.

 

[porthos11]

Why is this word used in both the Apostles and Nicene Creeds? Didn’t Jesus only rise from the dead once? Chapter and verse on this language, please, if anyone knows.

No chapter and verse needed; only an elementary English grammar. The word “again” is also used to indicate an action that led to a restoration to a previous state; in this case, life, i.e. Jesus lived, died, then lived (rose) again. It’s like saying, “I entered [the building], then exited again” even though it may be the first time for you to enter the building.

 

[BobP123]

Why is this word used in both the Apostles and Nicene Creeds? Didn’t Jesus only rise from the dead once? Chapter and verse on this language, please, if anyone knows.

You’re right. The Latin “Et resurrexit tertia die, secundum Scripturas” has no “again” in it.

Another sloppy translation into English. That’s why I never bothered to memorize the English.

 

[Joe_Kelley]

It’s the same as saying that the astronauts went to the moon and came back again. Maybe not the best English, but a common construction.