1 Corinthians 15:43

Christian Funerals

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  “She offers to the Father, in Christ, the child of his grace, and she commits to the earth, in hope, the seed of the body that will rise in glory.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Cor 15:42-44.

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.

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus V.19Book V

  “…it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. xv. 42–44.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

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

  “And for this reason he said, “It is sown in dishonour, it rises in glory.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 43.

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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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Theodoret of Cyrus

• Theodoret of Cyrus, Dialogues (Eranistes) §3

  ““It is sown” he says “in corruption; it is raised in incorruption; it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 42, 43, 44

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• Theodoret of Cyrus, Letters Letter 146

  “…it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown in dishonour it is raised in glory; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body” and in another place “We shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 42, 43

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 68

  “For this body is sown in weakness, shall rise in virtue.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 43.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity XIV.18Book XIV

  “…by immortality, we also do that of which the same apostle speaks, “As we have borne the image of the earthy, so shall we also bear the image of the heavenly;” to wit, that we who are mortal after Adam, may hold by a true faith, and a sure and certain hope, that we shall be immortal after Christ.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 43, 49

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 66

  “Hear the Apostle saying of this body, “It is sown in dishonour, it shall rise in glory.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 43.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XIII.23Book XIII

  “And to show what the animated body is, he says, “Thus it was written, The first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 42–45.

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Ambrose of Milan

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

  “And the Apostle of the Gentiles has said that the human body is a seed.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 43.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 52

  “…it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.”” — editor's note: Vers. 42–44.

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• Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 53

  “…our view its corruptibility and dishonour (as well as) its weakness, that it may also accrue to it to rise again in incorruption, and in glory, and in power.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 42, 43.

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

  “This sowing of the body he called the dissolving thereof in the ground, “because it is sown in corruption,” (but “is raised) to honour and power.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 42, 43.

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Cyprian of Carthage

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

  “The body is sown in corruption, it rises without corruption; it is sown in ignominy, it rises again in glory; it is sown in weakness, it rises again in power; it is sown an animal body, it rises again a spiritual body.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 41–44.

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• 2 Corinthians 1:22

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 53.

• 2 Corinthians 5:5

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 53.

• Ephesians 1:14

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 53.

• 1 Peter 1:8

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.

• Tobit 12:7

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.19.

• Psalm 22:31

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.

• Psalm 37:30

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.19.

• 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.

• Romans 8:11

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.

• 1 Corinthians 6:14

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.

• 1 Corinthians 13:9

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.

• 1 Corinthians 13:12

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.