On the Resurrection of the Flesh
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3rd c. · Treatises & Other · English translation, 1890
Source edition: The Ante-Nicene Fathers (ed. Roberts & Donaldson, 1885)
Cover art: The Quiet Abode — Isaac Levitan (Tretyakov Gallery, Public domain)
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Contents
On the Resurrection of the Flesh
- 1. The Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Body Brought to Light by the Gospel…
- 2. The Jewish Sadducees a Link Between the Pagan Philosophers and the Heretics…
- 3. Some Truths Held Even by the Heathen. They Were, However, More Often Wrong…
- 4. Heathens and Heretics Alike in Their Vilification of the Flesh and Its…
- 5. Some Considerations in Reply Eulogistic of the Flesh. It Was Created by God…
- 6. Not the Lowliness of the Material, But the Dignity and Skill of the Maker…
- 7. The Earthy Material of Which Flesh is Created Wonderfully Improved by God’s…
- 8. Christianity, by Its Provision for the Flesh, Has Put on It the Greatest…
- 9. God’s Love for the Flesh of Man, as Developed in the Grace of Christ Towards…
- 10. Holy Scripture Magnifies the Flesh, as to Its Nature and Its Prospects
- 11. The Power of God Fully Competent to Effect the Resurrection of the Flesh
- 12. Some Analogies in Nature Which Corroborate the Resurrection of the Flesh
- 13. From Our Author’s View of a Verse in the Ninety-Second Psalm, the Phœnix is…
- 14. A Sufficient Cause for the Resurrection of the Flesh Occurs in the Future…
- 15. As the Flesh is a Partaker with the Soul in All Human Conduct, So Will It…
- 16. The Heretics Called the Flesh “The Vessel of the Soul,” In Order to Destroy…
- 17. The Flesh Will Be Associated with the Soul in Enduring the Penal Sentences…
- 18. Scripture Phrases and Passages Clearly Assert “The Resurrection of the…
- 19. The Sophistical Sense Put by Heretics on the Phrase “Resurrection of the…
- 20. Figurative Senses Have Their Foundation in Literal Fact. Besides, the…
- 21. No Mere Metaphor in the Phrase Resurrection of the Dead. In Proportion to…
- 22. The Scriptures Forbid Our Supposing Either that the Resurrection is Already…
- 23. Sundry Passages of St. Paul, Which Speak of a Spiritual Resurrection…
- 24. Other Passages Quoted from St. Paul, Which Categorically Assert the…
- 25. St. John, in the Apocalypse, Equally Explicit in Asserting the Same Great…
- 26. Even the Metaphorical Descriptions of This Subject in the Scriptures Point…
- 27. Certain Metaphorical Terms Explained of the Resurrection of the Flesh
- 28. Prophetic Things and Actions, as Well as Words, Attest This Great Doctrine
- 29. Ezekiel’s Vision of the Dry Bones Quoted
- 30. This Vision Interpreted by Tertullian of the Resurrection of the Bodies of…
- 31. Other Passages Out of the Prophets Applied to the Resurrection of the Flesh
- 32. Even Unburied Bodies Will Be Raised Again. Whatever Befalls Them God Will…
- 33. So Much for the Prophetic Scriptures. In the Gospels, Christ’s Parables, as…
- 34. Christ Plainly Testifies to the Resurrection of the Entire Man. Not in His…
- 35. Explanation of What is Meant by the Body, Which is to Be Raised Again. Not…
- 36. Christ’s Refutation of the Sadducees, and Affirmation of Catholic Doctrine
- 37. Christ’s Assertion About the Unprofitableness of the Flesh Explained…
- 38. Christ, by Raising the Dead, Attested in a Practical Way the Doctrine of…
- 39. Additional Evidence Afforded to Us in the Acts of the Apostles
- 40. Sundry Passages of St. Paul Which Attest Our Doctrine Rescued from the…
- 41. The Dissolution of Our Tabernacle Consistent with the Resurrection of Our…
- 42. Death Changes, Without Destroying, Our Mortal Bodies. Remains of the Giants
- 43. No Disparagement of Our Doctrine in St. Paul’s Phrase, Which Calls Our…
- 44. Sundry Other Passages of St. Paul Explained in a Sentence Confirmatory of…
- 45. The Old Man and the New Man of St. Paul Explained
- 46. It is the Works of the Flesh, Not the Substance of the Flesh, Which St…
- 47. St. Paul, All Through, Promises Eternal Life to the Body
- 48. Sundry Passages in the Great Chapter of the Resurrection of the Dead…
- 49. The Same Subject Continued. What Does the Apostle Exclude from the Dead?…
- 50. In What Sense Flesh and Blood are Excluded from the Kingdom of God
- 51. The Session of Jesus in His Incarnate Nature at the Right Hand of God a…
- 52. From St. Paul’s Analogy of the Seed We Learn that the Body Which Died Will…
- 53. Not the Soul, But the Natural Body Which Died, is that Which is to Rise…
- 54. Death Swallowed Up of Life. Meaning of This Phrase in Relation to the…
- 55. The Change of a Thing’s Condition is Not the Destruction of Its Substance…
- 56. The Procedure of the Last Judgment, and Its Awards, Only Possible on the…
- 57. Our Bodies, However Mutilated Before or After Death, Shall Recover Their…
- 58. From This Perfection of Our Restored Bodies Will Flow the Consciousness of…
- 59. Our Flesh in the Resurrection Capable, Without Losing Its Essential…
- 60. All the Characteristics of Our Bodies—Sex, Various Limbs, Etc.—Will Be…
- 61. The Details of Our Bodily Sex, and of the Functions of Our Various Members…
- 62. Our Destined Likeness to the Angels in the Glorious Life of the Resurrection
- 63. Conclusion. The Resurrection of the Flesh in Its Absolute Identity and…
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