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Augustine’S Use Of ‘Spiritual Body’, Brian Schmisek Dec 2003

Augustine’S Use Of ‘Spiritual Body’, Brian Schmisek

Brian Schmisek

It has been posited that in his early career, Augustine was unaware of the doctrine of the resurrection. Whether or not that is the case, throughout much of his career he was defending the bold claim, dicimus carnem resurgere, “we say that the flesh rises again.” This article will seek 1) to review the development of the term “resurrection of the flesh” in some of the early Christian fathers, 2) to review briefly Augustine’s concept of resurrection and 3) to see how Augustine understood and used the Pauline term “spiritual body” from 1 Cor 15:44. It will be shown that …

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Reconsidering The Resurrection, Philip Novak Apr 1994

Reconsidering The Resurrection, Philip Novak

Philip Novak

"Episcopal Bishop John Spong has taken a scalpel to the heart of Christianity. As with all heart operations it wll be seen as either life-enhancing or life threatening, depending on one's perspective.

In 'Resurrection: Myth or Reality?' Spong puts his case bluntly: 'If the resurrection of Jesus cannot be believed except by assenting to the fantastic descriptions included in the Gospels, the Christianity is doomed.' But the bishop is no mere skeptic. Although he does no literalize the Easter narrative, neither does he 'abandon the worship of Jesus as [his] Lord.'"

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