ACC ~ Romans 8 v11

HE WHO RAISED CHRIST WILL RAISE YOU. POLYCARP: But he who raised Christ up from the dead will raise us up also if we do his will and walk in his commandments and love what he loved, keeping ourselves from all unrighteousness, covetousness, love of money, evil-speaking, false witness, “not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing,” or blow for blow, or cursing for cursing, but being mindful of what the Lord said in his teaching. THE EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 2.

TERTULLIAN: The resurrection of the dead implies the resurrection of their bodies. AGAINST MARCION 5.14.

THE TEMPLE OF THE BODY RESTORED TO LIFE. ORIGEN: If the Spirit of Christ dwells in you, it seems essential that his dwelling place (i.e., your body) will be given back to him and his temple restored.

This is how you can know whether you have the Spirit of Christ or not. Christ is wisdom, so if you are wise according to Christ and know what is his, then by this wisdom you have the Spirit of Christ. Likewise, Christ is righteous-ness; therefore, if you have the righteousness of Christ, by that righteousness you have the Spirit of Christ. Christ is peace;if you have Christ’s peace in you, then through the Spirit of peace you have the Spirit of Christ. So it goes with love, with sanctification and with all that belongs to Christ. The one who has these things may be confident of having the Spirit of Christ in him and can hope that his mortal body will be restored to life on account of the Spirit of Christ dwelling in him. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

AMBROSIASTER: Paul repeats here what he has just said. Once again, the word body stands for the whole person. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

THE SPIRIT OF THE TRIUNE GOD. DIODORE: Having already mentioned the Spirit of Christ, Paul refers to him once more, calling him “the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead.” By saying that the Spirit of Christ is also the Spirit of the Father, Paul teaches clearly that the Spirit of the Son partakes of the Father’s divinity and that their power is one, because they share the same essence as the Father. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

RESURRECTED LIFE TO YOUR MORTAL BODIES. CHRYSOSTOM: Here Paul touches once more on the resurrection, since this was the most encouraging hope to the hearer, giving him a sense of security from what happened to Christ. … Therefore do not let your body live in this world, so that it may be made alive in the next one! Make it die so that it may never die! For if it goes on living it will die, but if it dies now it will live forever. This is the case with resurrection in general. We must first die and be buried, and then we shall become immortal. This has already been done in baptism. … The man who is dead to this life is thus the one who is most truly alive. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 13.

FINALLY MADE PERFECT. AUGUSTINE: Paul now explains the fourth of the four states which we mentioned above. But this state is not attained in this life. It belongs to the hope by which we await the redemption of our body, when this corruptible matter will put on incorruption and immortality. Then there will be perfect peace, because the soul will no longer be troubled by the body, which will be revived and transformed into a heavenly substance.AUGUSTINE ON ROMANS 51.

FLESHLY ANNOYANCES CONTINUE IN THIS LIFE. AUGUSTINE: This is a very explicit witness to the resurrection of the body, and it is sufficiently clear that as long as we are in this life there will be no lack of both the annoyances occasioned by the mortal flesh and some excitations arising from carnal pleasures. For although he who is established under grace serves the law of God with his mind and does not yield, nevertheless, with the flesh he continues to serve the law of sin. QUESTIONS 66.7.

THE TEMPLE RESTORED. PELAGIUS: God will not allow the temple of his Spirit to perish. In the same way as he raised Jesus from the dead he will also restore your body. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

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