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Romans 8:11

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Romans 8:11 (WEB)

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Catechism · 4

Christ Descended into Hell

  • §632Paragraph 1 · Christ Descended into HellRead at vatican.va

    “The frequent New Testament affirmations that Jesus was "raised from the dead" presuppose that the crucified one sojourned in the realm of the dead prior to his resurrection.” — Catechism footnote: Acts 3:15; Rom 8:11; I Cor 15:20; cf. Heb 13:20.

"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"

  • §695Article 8 · "I Believe in the Holy Spirit"Read at vatican.va

    “Finally, it was the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 1:4; 8:11.

"I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body"

  • §989Article 11 · "I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body"Read at vatican.va

    “If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit who dwells in you.” — Catechism footnote: Rom 8:11; cf. 1 Thess 4:14; 1 Cor 6:14; 2 Cor 4:14; Phil 3:10-11.

  • §990Article 11 · "I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body"Read at vatican.va

    “The "resurrection of the flesh" (the literal formulation of the Apostles' Creed) means not only that the immortal soul will live on after death, but that even our "mortal body" will come to life again.” — Catechism footnote: Rom 8:11.

Fathers and councils · 27

Irenaeus of Lyons

Jerome

  • “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you,” and so on to where he says, “So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh: for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 11, 14.

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  • “Those who say “the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord,” should give ear to the words of the apostle: “ye are the temple of the Lord,” and the Holy Ghost “dwelleth in you.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 11.

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  • “As also the life of the Lord Jesus is manifested in our mortal body, so also He who raised up Jesus Christ from the dead shall quicken our mortal bodies on account of His Spirit Who dwelleth in us.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 11.

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Tertullian

  • “And once for all, that we may not wander through every passage, He “who raised up Christ from the dead, and is also to raise up our mortal bodies,” must certainly be, as the quickener, different from the dead Father, or even from the quickened Father, if Christ who died is the Father.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 11.

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  • “…up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Jesus from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies, because of His Spirit that dwelleth in you;” so that even if a person were to assume that the soul is “the mortal body,” he would (since he cannot possibly deny that the flesh is this also) be constrained…” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 11.

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  • “…to our aid; for, while explaining in what sense he would not have us “live in the flesh,” although in the flesh—even by not living in the works of the flesh—he shows that when he wrote the words, “Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,” it was not with the view of condemning the substance (of the…” — editor's note: See Rom. viii. 5–13.

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Hippolytus of Rome

Cyril of Jerusalem

Augustine of Hippo

John Chrysostom

  • “And again, “It is the Spirit that quickeneth”; and, “Shall quicken you by His Spirit which dwelleth in you” ( Rom. viii. 11 ); and, “The Spirit is Life because of righteousness” ( Rom. viii. 10 ); and, “If ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the Law.” ( Gal. v. 18.)” — the author cites it

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Basil the Great

  • “For there is not even one single gift which reaches creation without the Holy Ghost; when not even a single word can be spoken in defence of Christ except by them that are aided by the Spirit, as we have learnt in the Gospels from our Lord and Saviour.” — editor's note: cf. Matt. xxviii. 19; 1 Cor. xii. 11; Rom. viii. 11; 1 Pet. i. 2.

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Ambrose of Milan

Hilary of Poitiers

  • “But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is not His, and further, But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies for the sake of His Spirit which dwelleth in you.” — editor's note: Ib. 11.

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  • “But if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Christ from the dead dwelleth in you; He Who raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies, because of His Spirit Who dwelleth in you.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9–11.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

  • “This is the purpose for us of God, Who for us was made man and became poor, to raise our flesh, and recover His image, and remodel man, that we might all be made one in Christ, who was perfectly made in all of us all that He Himself is, that we might no…” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 11.

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Clement of Alexandria

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