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Enchiridion

Blessed Augustine, NPNF I.3

The Resurrection of the Body Gives Rise to Numerous Questions

Now, as to the resurrection of the body, -not a resurrection such as some have had, who came back to life for a time and died again, but a resurrection to eternal life, as the body of Christ Himself rose again,—I do not see how I can discuss the matter briefly, and at the same time give a satisfactory answer to all the questions that are ordinarily raised about it. Yet that the bodies of all men-both those who have been born and those who shall be born, both those who have died and those who shall die-shall be raised again, no Christian ought to have the shadow of a doubt.

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