Also, the Mormons believe he went to North America to preach to the Native Americans.
The traditional Christian belief is that he ascended bodily into heaven. Exactly what that means, I don't really know, though there's a certain interpretation of the resurrection of the dead that might help.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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