1 Corinthians 15:36

On the Third Day He Rose from the Dead

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  “At Jesus' Resurrection his body is filled with the power of the Holy Spirit: he shares the divine life in his glorious state, so that St. Paul can say that Christ is "the man of heaven".” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Cor 15:35-50.

"I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body"

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  “For this perishable nature must put on the imperishable, and this mortal nature must put on immortality.” — Catechism footnote: 1 Cor 15:35-37, 42, 52, 53.

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus V.18Book V

  “And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain; but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased Him, and to every seed his own body.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. xv. 35–38.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies V.7Book V

  “For he declares, “That which thou sowest cannot be quickened, unless first it die.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 36.

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John Damascene

• John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.27Book IV

  “For there will be in truth, there will be, a resurrection of the dead, and by resurrection we mean resurrection of bodies.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 35–44.

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Cyril of Jerusalem

• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 5

  “He who raises the corn, which is sown for our sakes, as year by year it dies,—will He have difficulty in raising us up, for whose sakes that corn also has been raised?” — editor's note: XVIII. 6. John xii. 24; 1 Cor. xv. 36.

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• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 19

  “And how he says, For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised; and how he called them fools, who believed not; and remember the whole of his teaching there concerning the resurrection of the dead, and how he wrote to the Thessalonians, But we would…” — editor's note: Ib. v. 36.

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 74

  “Whereby also the blessed Paul being instructed uses the same similitude,“Thou fool,” he saith, “that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 36.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, On the Creed Chapter 13

  “And the Apostle: “Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die; and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but a bare grain, as perchance of wheat, or of some other corn; but God giveth it a body as He would, and to each one of seeds its proper body.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 36–38

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XX.20Book XX

  “…shall all be made alive;” while, speaking of the same resurrection of the body, he elsewhere says, “That which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 36.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus Book 2

  ““Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest, does it not first die that it may be quickened?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 36.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 52

  ““Thou fool,” says he, “that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 36.

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Aphrahat

• Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 8

  “But God clothes thy seed with its body as He wills.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 36–38.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.59Book III

  “Also in the first Epistle to the Corinthians: “Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened except it have first died.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 36.

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• Philippians 3:21

  Cited together in Catechism §999.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:13

  Cited together in The City of God XX.20.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:14

  Cited together in The City of God XX.20.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:15

  Cited together in The City of God XX.20.

• 1 Peter 1:8

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.

• Genesis 3:19

  Cited together in The City of God XX.20 and 1 other place.

• Psalm 22:31

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.

• Matthew 6:30

  Cited together in On the Creed Chapter 13.

• Luke 24:39

  Cited together in Catechism §999.

• John 20:20

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.

• John 20:25

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.

• John 20:26

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.

• John 20:27

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.

• Acts 7:47

  Cited together in On the Creed Chapter 13.

• Acts 7:48

  Cited together in On the Creed Chapter 13.

• Romans 8:11

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.

• 1 Corinthians 6:14

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.

• 1 Corinthians 12:24

  Cited together in On the Creed Chapter 13.

• 1 Corinthians 13:9

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.

• 1 Corinthians 13:12

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.