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1 Corinthians 15:35-50
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Chapter XXXI,
Apology for the Christians,
Athenagoras of Athens. (c 177) |
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I.VIII.3,
I.XXX.13,
II.XVII.5,
V.VII.1,
V.IX.1, 3,
V.X.1, 2,
V.XI.1,
V.XII.2, Adversus
Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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II.20,
III.17,
VI.13,
VI.14, Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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Chapter XI, On
the Soul,
Tertullian
(c. 210) |
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Chapter VIII,
On the Flesh of Christ,
Tertullian (c.
211) |
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Chapter
XLVIII,
Chapter
XLIX,
Chapter
L,
Chapter
LI,
Chapter
LII,
Chapter
LIII, On the Resurrection of the Flesh,
Tertullian
(c. 211) |
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V.10,
V.12,
V.14,
V.20, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 212) |
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Chapter
VI, Scorpiace,
Tertullian
(c. 213) |
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Chapter
V, On Monogamy,
Tertullian
(c. 215) |
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II.IX.3,
II.X.1,
II.X.2, First
Principles (De Principiis),
Origen.
(c.225) |
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I.20, Commentary
on the Gospel of John,
Origen.
(c.228) |
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IV.XXX,
IV.LVII,
V.X,
V.XVIII,
V.XIX,
VIII.XXX, Against
Celsus,
Origen (c. 246) |
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X.3, Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew,
Origen. (c.247) |
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On the
Dress of Virgins,
Cyprian
of Carthage (c. 249) |
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Chapter XXV, Proslogium,
Anselm of
Canterbury, 1077-1078. |
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Chapter 9, On Cleaving to God,
Albertus
Magnus, c. 1275. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "He makes three manner of
qualities of the bodies being raised: first, incorruption, that is,
because they will be sound and altogether of a nature that can not
be corrupt. Second, glory, because they will be adorned with beauty
and honour. Third, power, because they will continue everlasting,
without food, drink, and all other helps, without which this frail
life cannot keep itself from corruption." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "The human body in its present
form, and with its wants and weaknesses, cannot enter or enjoy the
kingdom of God. Then let us not sow to the flesh, of which we can
only reap corruption. And the body follows the state of the soul.
He, therefore, who neglects the life of the soul, casts away his
present good; he who refuses to live to God, squanders all he
has." |
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| From
Wesley's
Notes.
| "But first we must be entirely
changed; for such flesh and blood as we are clothed with now, cannot
enter into that kingdom which is wholly spiritual: neither doth this
corruptible body inherit that incorruptible kingdom." |
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| On the Resurrection of
the Dead (1 Cor 15:35). Sermon by John Wesley. |
| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "The oldest manuscripts read,
"IF there is a natural (or animal-souled)
body, there is also a spiritual body." It is no more
wonderful a thing, that there should be a body fitted to the
capacities and want of man's highest part, his spirit (which we see
to be the case), than that there should be one fitted to the
capacities and wants of his subordinate part, the animal soul [ALFORD]." |
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| From The
People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "When we are raised to heaven
we shall have spiritual bodies like Christ's, not like the body he
received from Mary, but the glorious body in which he appears to
saints and angels on high. Do we ask what body we shall have? It
shall be like Christ's glorious body." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"An Analogy of
Seeds and Bodies,"
"Made Like
Christ," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
| "What action could we take tomorrow to
'bear' the likeness of Christ?" |
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"Bodies and
Glories,"
Expository Essay,
1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50, Dr. William R. Long.
| "The heart of the Gospel is at stake
for Paul. Not only will there be resurrection, but it will be resurrection
of the body, even though a different body than the one we currently wear." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"1
Corinthians 15:Thematic Elaboration." From The Tapestry of Early
Christian Discourse: Rhetoric, Society and Ideology, Dr. Vernon K. Robbins, London:
Routledge, 1996.
| "Elaboration, then, is a mode of
argumentation central to early Christian discourse. Without this kind of intertextual
argument, it is doubtful that Christianity would have become a powerful alternative to
other Jewish groups at the time." |
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"We
Believe in Divine Judgment," Georgia Harkness, Chapter 12 in Beliefs
That Count, 1961. At Religion Online.
| "Man, whose earthly existence
is so brief and uncertain, has nevertheless eternity set in his
heart by the Creator. The words of Jesus and His resurrection from
the dead bring to us the assurance that for the Christian death
shall be swallowed up in victory. God is eternal, Jesus is the
conqueror of the grave, and we, being united by faith with Him,
share His everlasting life. Death is a doorway from a natural world
into a spiritual world. Behind the thin veil that conceals from our
human eyes the Blessed Country there stands One who has gone to
prepare a place for us and who will one day receive us unto Himself
in eternal glory. Heaven is the perfect companionship of the
believer with Christ, and death is but a transition into the deeper
fellowship of His nearer presence." |
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"The
Disabled God," Burton Cooper, Louisville Presbyterian
Theological Seminary. Theology Today 1992.
| "I have learned some things
from listening to Christians with disabilities, and I am persuaded
that by thinking of God as disabled-metaphorically, of course-we can
deepen our understanding of the nature of God's creative and
redemptive love." |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Asher, Jeffrey R.,
"SPEIRETAI:
Paul's Anthropogenic Metaphor in 1 Corinthians 4:42-44," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 2001. |
| Borchert,
Gerald L.,
"The Resurrection: 1 Corinthians 15," Review & Expositor,
1983. |
| Horsley,
Richard A.,
"'How Can Some of You Say that There Is No Resurrection of the Dead?'
Spiritual Elitism in Corinth," Novum Testamentum,
1978. |
| Hultgren, Stephen,
"The Origin of Paul's Doctrine of the Two Adams in 1 Corinthians 15.45-49,"
Journal for the Study for the New Testament, 2003. |
| Janssen,
Claudia,
"Bodily Resurrection (1 Cor. 15)? The Discussion of the Resurrection in Karl
Barth, Rudolf Bultmann, Dorothee Sölle and Contemporary Feminist Theology,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament,
2000. |
| Meyer, Ben
F.,
"Did Paul's View of the Resurrection of the Dead Undergo Development?"
Theological Studies, 1986. |
| Padgett,
Alan G.,
"The Body in Resurrection: Science and Scripture on the 'Spiritual Body' (1
Cor 15:35-58)," Word & World,
2002. |
| Pagels,
Elaine H.,
"'The Mystery of the Resurrection': A Gnostic Reading of 1 Corinthians 15,"
Journal of Biblical Literature,
1974. |
| Schneider,
Bernardin, OFM.,
"Corporate Meaning and Background of 1 Corinthians 15:45b," The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1967. |
| Wegener,
Mark I.,
"The Rhetorical Strategy of 1 Corinthians 15," Currents in
Theology and Mission, 2004. |
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"The Christian
Center," Dr. Elizabeth Achtemeier, 1993. 30 Good
Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club.
| "We now know from whence we came and to
whom it is we are going. We now experience God's forgiveness in Christ as
our daily sustenance." |
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