Abstract
IN 1964, W. Marxsen published a short essay which triggered an intense discussion among German Protestants concerning the understanding of the Resurrection faith. Marxsen's essay soon influenced Catholic theology, and the discussion spread German Catholic circles. In these circumstances the German bishops wrote a letter to all who are commissioned by the Church preach the faith, dated Sept. 22, 1967. letter rejected an extreme interpretation of the Resurrection and stated: The confession of the Resurrection of Jesus as a real event (wirkliches Ereignis) necessarily belongs the Christian faith and cannot be understood as a time-conditioned interpretation of an inner-historical, inner-worldly or inner-human experience, which can at other times be expressed differently. letter of the bishops did not mention any theologian by name. It did not even say that any theologian expressly taught what it rejected. Rather, in a time of confusion, the letter set a limit beyond which the discussion of German Catholics could not go. It did not seek end all discussion of the meaning of the Resurrection faith. What then have the theologians been saying?
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