1 Corinthians 15:39

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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.

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 10

  “For when the apostle speaks of the flesh, he says, “There is one flesh of cattle, another of birds, another of fishes, another of creeping things: there are also both celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 39, 40

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XIV.2Book XIV

  “…as when it says, “All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, another of birds,” but it uses this word in many other significations; and among these various usages, a frequent one is to use flesh for man himself, the nature of man taking…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 39.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 2

  “If each is to rise in his own order, it follows that those who rise are of different degrees of merit.“All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 39.

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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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Origen

• Origen, De Principiis II.10Book II

  “…the glory of the moon, another the glory of the stars; that one star differeth from another star in glory; and that so is the resurrection of the dead?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 39–42.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 52

  “Unquestionably it is in this sense that he says, “All flesh is not the same flesh;” meaning not to deny a community of substance, but a parity of prerogative,—reducing the body to a difference of honour, not of nature.” — editor's note: Ver. 39.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.9Book V

  “…there are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial; and that there is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars”—does he not therefore intimate that there is to be a resurrection of the flesh or body, which he illustrates by fleshly and corporeal samples?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 39–41.

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• Galatians 3:11

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.2.

• Galatians 5:19

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.2.

• Galatians 5:20

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.2.

• Galatians 5:21

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.2.

• Genesis 3:19

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 52.

• Psalm 49:20

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 52.

• Sirach 10:12

  Cited together in A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 10.

• Matthew 6:15

  Cited together in A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 10.

• John 1:14

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.2.

• John 20:13

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.2.

• Romans 1:9

  Cited together in A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 10.

• Romans 3:20

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.2.

• Romans 7:25

  Cited together in A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 10.

• Romans 8:22

  Cited together in A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 10.