Christ has Ascended!
Q: Who are the Sadducees?
A: The Sadducees were an ultra-liberal, neo-political religious group of Jews who, like so many Christians of today, would decidedly “pick and choose” what they did and did not want to believe with regards to their own Faith. They stood in direct contrast to the elite, ultra-conservative Pharisees who read, interpreted, and applied the Scriptures quite literally, practicing their faith upon an extreme “letter of the law” basis.
The Sadducees did not believe in angels, the existence of Hell, and denied the Resurrection – all three of which are firmly rooted in Holy Scripture.
One of the most famous incidents concerning the Sadducees occurs when they approach Christ with an excessively intricate question about the resurrection (Matt. 22:23-33, Mark 12:18-27, Luke 20:27-40). Although this question was designed to distort, refute, and ridicule Christ’s teaching about life after death, it actually ended up revealing the absurdity of the Sadducees’ own reasoning and inability to comprehend Holy Scripture.
It is interesting to note that although the Sadducees and Pharisees were polar extremes, they were each united by one common quest: to plot the demise and death Jesus Christ.
Fr. John
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