ON THE RESURRECTION OF THE FLESH
- CHAP. I.—THE DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE
BODY BROUGHT TO LIGHT BY THE GOSPEL. THE FAINTEST' GLIMPSES OF
SOMETHING LIKE IT OCCASIONALLY MET WITH IN HEATHENISM. INCONSISTENCIES
OF PAGAN TEACHING.
- CHAP. II.—THE JEWISH SADDUCEES A LINK BETWEEN
THE PAGAN PHILOSOPHERS AND THE HERETICS ON THIS DOCTRINE. ITS
FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE ASSERTED. THE SOUL FARES BETTER THAN THE BODY,
IN HERETICAL ESTIMATION, AS TO ITS FUTURE STATE. ITS EXTINCTION,
HOWEVER, WAS HELD BY ONE LUCAN.
- CHAP. III.—SOME TRUTHS HELD E. EN BY THE
HEATHEN, THEY WERE, HOWEVER, MORE OFTEN WRONG BOTH IN RELIGIOUS
OPINIONS AND IN MORAL PRACTICE. THE HEATHEN NOT TO BE FOLLOWED IN THEIR
IGNORANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY. THE HERETICS PERVERSELY PRONE TO
FOLLOW THEM.
- CHAP. IV.—HEATHENS AND HERETICS ALIKE IN THEIR
VILIFICATION OF THE FLESH AND ITS FUNCTIONS, THE ORDINARY CAVILS
AGAINST THE FINAL RESTITUTION OF SO WEAK AND IGNOBLE A SUBSTANCE.
- CHAP. V.—SOME CONSIDERATIONS IN REPLY EULOGISTIC
OF THE FLESH. IT WAS CREATED BY GOD. THE BODY OF MAN WAS, IN FACT,
PREVIOUS TO HIS SOUL.
- CHAP. VI.—NOT THE LOWLINESS OF THE MATERIAL, BUT
THE DIGNITY AND SKILL OF THE MAKER, MUST BE REMEMBERED, IN GAUGING THE
EXCELLENCE OF TIlE FLESH. CHRIST PARTOOK OF OUR FLESH.
- CHAP. VII.—THE EARTHY MATERIAL OF WHICH FLESH IS
CREATED WONDERFULLY IMPROVED BY GOD'S MANIPULATION. BY THE ADDITION OF
THE SOUL IN MAN'S CONSTITUTION IT BECAME THE CHIEF WORK IN THE CREATION.
- CHAP. VIII.—CHRISTIANITY, BY ITS PROVISION FOR
THE FLESH, HAS PUT ON IT THE GREATEST HONOUR. THE PRIVILEGES OF OUR
RELIGION IN CLOSEST CONNECTION WITH OUR FLESH. WHICH ALSO BEARS A LARGE
SHARE IN THE DUTIES AND SACRIFICES OF RELIGION.
- CHAP. IX.—GOD'S LOVE FOR THE FLESH OF MAN, AS
DEVELOPED IN THE GRACE OF CHRIST TOWARDS IT. THE FLESH THE BEST MEANS
OF DISPLAYING THE BOUNTY AND POWER OF GOD.
- CHAP. X.—HOLY SCRIPTURE MAGNIFIES THE FLESH, AS
TO ITS NATURE AND ITS PROSPECTS.
- CHAP. XI.—THE POWER OF GOD FULLY COMPETENT TO
EFFECT THE RESURRECTION OF THE FLESH.
- CHAP. XII.—SOME ANALOGIES IN NATURE WHICH
CORROBORATE THE RESURRECTION OF THE FLESH.
- CHAP. XIII.—FROM OUR AUTHOR'S VIEW OF A VERSE
IN THE NINETY-SECOND PSALM, THE PHOENIX IS MADE A SYMBOL OF THE
RESURRECTION OF OUR BODIES.
- CHAP. XIV.—A SUFFICIENT CAUSE FOR THE
RESURRECTION OF THE FLESH OCCURS IN THE FUTURE JUDGMENT OF MAN, IT WILL
TAKE COGNISANCE OF THE WORKS OF THE BODY NO LESS THAN OF THE SOUL.
- CHAP. XV.—AS THE FLESH IS A PARTAKER WITH THE
SOUL IN ALL HUMAN CONDUCT, SO WILL IT BE IN THE RECOMPENSE OF ETERNITY.
- CHAP. XVI.—THE HERETICS CALLED THE FLESH "THE
VESSEL OF THE SOUL," IN ORDER TO DESTROY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
BODY. THEIR CAVIL TURNS UPON THEMSELVES AND SHOWS THE FLESH TO BE A
SHARER IN HUMAN. ACTIONS.
- CHAP. XVII.—THE FLESH WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH
THE SOUL IN ENDURING THE PENAL SENTENCES OF THE FINAL JUDGMENT.
- CHAP. XVIII.—SCRIPTURE PHRASES AND PASSAGES
CLEARLY ASSERT "THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD." THE FORCE OF THIS VERY
PHRASE EXPLAINED AS INDICATING THE PROMINENT PLACE OF THE FLESH IN THE
GENERAL RESURRECTION.
- CHAP. XIX.—THE SOPHISTICAL SENSE PUT BY
HERETICS ON THE PHRASE "RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD," AS IF IT MEANT THE
MORAL CHANGE OF A NEW LIFE.
- CHAP. XX.—FIGURATIVE SENSES HAVE THEIR
FOUNDATION IN LITERAL FACT. BESIDES, THE ALLEGORICAL STYLE IS BY NO
MEANS THE ONLY ONE FOUND IN THE PROPHETIC SCRIPTURES, AS ALLEGED BY THE
HERETICS.
- CHAP. XXI.—NO MERE METAPHOR IN THE PHRASE
RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. IN PROPORTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF ETERNAL
TRUTHS, IS THE CLEARNESS OF THEIR SCRIPTURAL ENUNCIATION.
- CHAP. XXII.—THE SCRIPTURES FORBID OUR SUPPOSING
EITHER THAT THE RESURRECTION IS ALREADY PAST, OR THAT IT TAKES PLACE
IMMEDIATELY AT DEATH. OUR HOPES AND PRAYERS POINT TO THE LAST GREAT DAY
AS THE PERIOD OF ITS ACCOMPLISHMENT.
- CHAP. XXIII.—SUNDRY PASSAGES OF ST. PAUL, WHICH
SPEAK OF A SPIRITUAL RESURRECTION, COMPATIBLE WITH THE FUTURE
RESURRECTION OF THE BODY, WHICH IS EVEN ASSUMED IN THEM.
- CHAP. XXIV.—OTHER PASSAGES QUOTED FROM ST.
PAUL, WHICH CATEGORICALLY ASSERT THE RESURRECTION OF THE FLESH AT THE
FINAL JUDGMENT.
- CHAP. XXV.—ST. JOHN, IN THE APOCALYPSE, EQUALLY
EXPLICIT IN ASSERTING THE SAME GREAT DOCTRINE.
- CHAP. XXVI.—EVEN THE METAPHORICAL DESCRIPTIONS
OF THIS SUBJECT IN THE SCRIPTURES POINT TO THE BODILY RESURRECTION, THE
ONLY SENSE WHICH SECURES THEIR CONSISTENCY AND DIGNITY.
- CHAP. XXVII.—CERTAIN METAPHORICAL TERMS
EXPLAINED OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE FLESH.
- CHAP. XXVIII.—PROPHETIC THINGS AND ACTIONS, AS
WELL AS WORDS, ATTEST THIS GREAT DOCTRINE.
- CHAP. XXIX.—EZEKIEL'S VISION OF THE DRY BONES
QUOTED.
- CHAP. XXX.—THIS VISION INTERPRETED BY
TERTULLIAN OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODIES OF THE DEAD. A
CHRONOLOGICAL ERROR OF OUR AUTHOR, WHO SUPPOSES THAT EZEKIEL IN HIS CH.
XXXI. PROPHESIED BEFORE THE CAPTIVITY.
- CHAP. XXXI.—OTHER PASSAGES OUT OF THE PROPHETS
APPLIED TO THE RESURRECTION OF THE FLESH.
- CHAP. XXXII.—EVEN UNBURIED BODIES WILL BE
RAISED AGAIN. WHATEVER BEFALLS THEM GOD WILL RESTORE THEM AGAIN.
JONAH'S CASE QUOTED IN ILLUSTRATION OF GOD'S POWER.
- CHAP. XXXIII.—SO MUCH FOR THE PROPHETIC
SCRIPTURES. IN THE GOSPELS, CHRIST'S PARABLES, AS EXPLAINED BY HIMSELF,
HAVE A CLEAR REFERENCE TO THE RESURRECTION OF THE FLESH.
- CHAP. XXXIV.—CHRIST PLAINLY TESTIFIES TO THE
RESURRECTION OF THE ENTIRE MAN. NOT IN HIS SOUL ONLY, WITHOUT THE BODY.
- CHAP. XXXV.—EXPLANATION OF WHAT IS MEANT BY THE
BODY, WHICH IS TO BE RAISED AGAIN. NOT THE CORPOREALITY OF THE SOUL.
- CHAP. XXXVI.—CHRIST'S REFUTATION OF THE
SADDUCEES, AND AFFIRMATION OF CATHOLIC DOCTRINE.
- CHAP. XXXVII.—CHRIST'S ASSERTION ABOUT THE
UNPROFITABLENESS OF THE FLESH EXPLAINED CONSISTENTLY WITH OUR DOCTRINE.
- CHAP. XXXVIII.—CHRIST, BY RAISING THE DEAD,
ATTESTED IN A PRACTICAL WAY THE DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE
FLESH.
- CHAP. XXXIX.—ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE AFFORDED TO US
IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.
- CHAP. XLI.—THE DISSOLUTION OF OUR TABERNACLE
CONSISTENT WITH THE RESURRECTION OF OUR BODIES.
- CHAP. XLII.—DEATH CHANGES, WITHOUT DESTROYING,
OUR MORTAL BODIES. REMAINS OF THE GIANTS.
- CHAP. XLIII.—NO DISPARAGEMENT OF OUR DOCTRINE
IN ST. PAUL'S PHRASE, WHICH CALLS OUR RESIDENCE IN THE FLESH ABSENCE
FROM THE LORD.
- CHAP. XLIV.—SUNDRY OTHER PASSAGES OF ST. PAUL
EXPLAINED IN A SENTENCE CONFIRMATORY OF OUR DOCTRINE.
- CHAP. XLV.—THE OLD MAN AND THE NEW MAN OF ST.
PAUL EXPLAINED.
- CHAP. XLVI.—IT IS THE WORKS OF THE FLESH, NOT
THE SUBSTANCE OF THE FLESH, WHICH ST. PAUL ALWAYS CONDEMNS.
- CHAP. XLVII.—ST. PAUL, ALL THROUGH, PROMISES
ETERNAL LIFE TO THE BODY.
- CHAP. XLVIII.—SUNDRY PASSAGES IN THE GREAT
CHAPTER OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD EXPLAINED IN DEFENCE OF OUR
DOCTRINE.
- CHAP. XLIX.—THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. WHAT
DOES THE APOSTLE EXCLUDE FROM THE DEAD? CERTAINLY NOT THE SUBSTANCE OF
THE FLESH.
- CHAP. L.—IN WHAT SENSE FLESH AND BLOOD ARE
EXCLUDED FROM THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
- CHAP. LI.—THE SESSION OF JESUS IN HIS INCARNATE
NATURE AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD A GUARANTEE OF THE RESURRECTION OF OUR
FLESH.
- CHAP. LII.—FROM ST. PAUL'S ANALOGY OF THE SEED
WE LEARN THAT THE BODY WHICH DIED WILL RISE AGAIN, GARNISHED WITH THE
APPLIANCES OF ETERNAL LIFE.
- CHAP. LIII.—NOT THE SOUL, BUT THE NATURAL BODY
WHICH DIED, IS THAT WHICH IS TO RISE AGAIN. THE RESURRECTION OF
LAZARUS COMMENTED ON. CHRIST'S RESURRECTION, AS THE SECOND
ADAM,GUARANTEES OUR OWN.
- CHAP. LIV.—DEATH SWALLOWED UP OF LIFE. MEANING
OF THIS PHRASE IN RELATION TO THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY.
- CHAP. LV.—THE CHANGE OF A THING'S CONDITION IS
NOT THE DESTRUCTION OF ITS SUBSTANCE. THE APPLICATION OF THIS
PRINCIPLE TO OUR SUBJECT.
- CHAP. LVI.—THE PROCEDURE OF THE LAST JUDGMENT,
AND ITS AWARDS, ONLY POSSIBLE ON THE IDENTITY OF THE RISEN BODY WITH
OUR PRESENT FLESH.
- CHAP. LVII.—OUR BODIES, HOWEVER MUTILATED
BEFORE OR AFTER DEATH, SHALL RECOVER THEIR PERFECT INTEGRITY IN THE
RESURRECTION. ILLUSTRATION' OF THE ENFRANCHISED SLAVE.
- CHAP. LVIII.—FROM THIS PERFECTION OF OUR
RESTORED BODIES WILL FLOW THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF UNDISTURBED JOY AND
PEACE.
- CHAP. LIX.—OUR FLESH IN THE RESURRECTION
CAPABLE, WITHOUT LOSING ITS ESSENTIAL IDENTITY, OF BEARING THE CHANGED
CONDITIONS OF ETERNAL LIFE, OR OF DEATH ETERNAL.
- CHAP. LX.—ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR
BODIES—SEX, VARIOUS LIMBS, ETC.—WILL BE RETAINED, WHATEVER CHANGE OF
FUNCTIONS THESE MAY HAVE, OF WHICH POINT, HOWEVER, WE ARE NO JUDGES.
ANALOGY OF THE REPAIRED SHIP.
- CHAP. LXI.—THE DETAILS OF OUR BODILY SEX, AND
OF THE FUNCTIONS OF OUR VARIOUS MEMBERS. APOLOGY FOR THE NECESSITY
WHICH HERESY IMPOSES OF HUNTING UP ALL ITS UNBLUSHING CAVILS.
- CHAP. LXII.—OUR DESTINED LIKENESS TO THE ANGELS
IN THE GLORIOUS LIFE OF THE RESURRECTION.
- CHAP. LXIII.—CONCLUSION. THE RESURRECTION OF
THE FLESH IN ITS ABSOLUTE IDENTITY AND PERFECTION. BELIEF OF THIS HAD
BECOME WEAK. HOPES FOR ITS REFRESHING RESTORATION UNDER THE INFLUENCES
OF THE PARACLETE.
- ELUCIDATIONS.
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