ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 15 v48b

THE MAN OF HEAVEN. CHRYSOSTOM: The man of heaven indicates a lofty and severe life on the one hand, with something quite different [man of dust] on the other. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 42.1.

THE IMAGE OF THE EARTHLY AND THE HEAVENLY. AUGUSTINE: If you do not like the Christian faith, say so. But you will not find another Christian faith. There is one man unto life; there is one unto death. The one is only man; the other is God and man. Through the one the world was made the enemy of God. Through the other those chosen from the world are reconciled to God. For “As in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.” Therefore even as we have borne the image of the earthly, let us also bear the image of the heavenly. Whoever tries to undermine these foundations of the Christian faith will himself be destroyed, but they will remain firm. AGAINST JULIAN 4.

THE HEAVENLY BECAME EARTHLY TO MAKE THE EARTHLY HEAVENLY. AUGUSTINE: The Lord who was heavenly became earthly that he might make heavenly those who were earthly. From immortal he became mortal by taking the form of a servant, not by changing the nature of the Lord, that he might make immortal those who were mortal by imparting the grace of the Lord, not by retaining the offense of the servant. LETTER 205, TO CONSENTIUS.

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