Long before Aug. 6 became synonymous with the bombing of Hiroshima, it was observed widely by Christians as the day commemorating Jesus’ transformed appearance from ordinary to extraordinary — "his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light” (Matthew 17:2)—as the Passover of his death and resurrection drew near.
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