ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 15 v46

LESSER AND BETTER THINGS. CHRYSOSTOM: In God’s plan, things keep getting better. This is why Paul says that the lesser things have already come to pass and that the better ones are on the way. … For the farmer, seeing the grain dissolving, does not mourn. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 41.6.

THE CLAY BECOMES GRADUALLY MOLDED. AUGUSTINE: First comes the clay that is only fit to be thrown away, with which we must begin but in which we need not remain. Afterward comes what is fit for us, that into which we can be gradually molded and in which, when molded, we may remain. CITY OF GOD 15.1.

READINESS FOR CELESTIAL HABITATION. AUGUSTINE: The spiritual body is understood as a body so subject to spirit that it may be suited to its celestial habitation, all earthly weakness and corruption and being changed and converted into celestial purity and stability. FAITH AND THE CREED 6.13.

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