In “Three Versions of Judas,” Nils Runeberg is a Swedish theologian who posits that Judas made a holy sacrifice by betraying Jesus, damning himself to hell so that Jesus could do his good works. Runeburg’s writing is received as heresy, and Runeberg goes mad with the guilt that he has revealed a secret that God did not want him to reveal.
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14. Three Versions of Judas
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God became a man completely, a man to the point of infamy, a man to the point of being reprehensible—all the way to the abyss. In order to save us, He could have chosen any of the destinies which together weave the uncertain web of history; He could have been Alexander or Pythagoras, or Rurik, or Jesus; he chose an infamous destiny: He was Judas.
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Nils Runeberg Quotes in Ficciones
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14. Three Versions of Judas
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God became a man completely, a man to the point of infamy, a man to the point of being reprehensible—all the way to the abyss. In order to save us, He could have chosen any of the destinies which together weave the uncertain web of history; He could have been Alexander or Pythagoras, or Rurik, or Jesus; he chose an infamous destiny: He was Judas.
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