1 Corinthians 15:40

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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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Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus V.10Book V

  “So also is the resurrection of the dead.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. xv. 40–42.

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• 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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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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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.13Conference VII

  “…Apostle’s words when he says: “And there are bodies celestial, and bodies terrestrial:” and again: “It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body;” from which it is clearly gathered that there is nothing incorporeal but God alone, and therefore it is only by Him that all spiritual and intellectual…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 40, 44.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.10Book IV

  “…Son a participation of spiritual life with us by virtue of the unity of His Manhood with ours, for “as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 40. On this place H. observes: “As the Son, by reason of a nature numerically identical with the Father’s, lives together with Him the same Divine…

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 84

  “But as there are bodies celestial and bodies terrestrial and as thin air and the æther are both according to their natures called bodies, they use the word body instead of the word flesh in order that an orthodox…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 40.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 49

  “…which originated this distinction respecting difference of dignity, there was shown to be “one glory in celestial bodies, and another in terrestrial ones,”—“one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for even one star differeth from another star in glory,” although not in…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 40.

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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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Aphrahat

• Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 8

  “For thus say those who are stubborn in folly:—Why did the Apostle say,—Different is the body which is in heaven from that which is on earth?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 40.

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• Ephesians 4:22

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 49.

• Hebrews 4:12

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.13.

• 1 Peter 2:9

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.

• Genesis 15:5

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.

• Deuteronomy 1:10

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.

• Deuteronomy 4:19

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.

• Deuteronomy 4:20

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.

• 2 Chronicles 6:30

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.13.

• Psalm 33:15

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.13.

• Psalm 44:22

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.13.

• Sirach 10:12

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

• Daniel 12:1

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.

• Daniel 12:2

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.

• Daniel 12:3

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.

• Matthew 5:14

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.

• Matthew 5:16

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.

• Romans 1:9

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

• Romans 8:9

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 49.