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Irenaeus, Refutation Of All Heresies, 5.7.1

nan In the same manner, therefore, as Christ did rise in the substance of flesh, and pointed out to His disciples the mark of the nails and the opening in His side (now these are the tokens of that flesh which rose from the dead), so "shall He also," it is said, "raise us up by His own power." And again to the Romans he says, "But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies." What, then, are mortal bodies? Can they be souls? Nay, for souls are incorporeal when put in comparison with mortal bodies; for God "breathed into the face of man the breath of life, and man became a living soul." Now the breath of life is an incorporeal thing. And certainly they cannot maintain that the very breath of life is mortal. Therefore David says, "My soul also shall live to Him," just as if its substance were immortal. Neither, on the other hand, can they say that the spirit is the mortal body. What therefore is there left to which we may apply the term "mortal body," unless it be the thing that was moulded, that is, the flesh, of which it is also said that God will vivify it? For this it is which dies and is decomposed, but not the soul or the spirit. For to die is to lose vital power, and to become henceforth breathless, inanimate, and devoid of motion, and to melt away into those [component parts] from which also it derived the commencement of [its] substance. But this event happens neither to the soul, for it is the breath of life; nor to the spirit, for the spirit is simple and not composite, so that it cannot be decomposed, and is itself the life of those who receive it. We must therefore conclude that it is in reference to the flesh that death is mentioned; which [flesh], after the soul's departure, becomes breathless and inanimate, and is decomposed gradually into the earth from which it was taken. This, then, is what is mortal. And it is this of which he also says," He shall also quicken your mortal bodies." And therefore in reference to it he says, in the first [Epistle] to the Corinthians: "So also is the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it rises in incorruption." For he declares, "That which thou sowest cannot be quickened, unless first it die.

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1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 2.7 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 2.7. וַיִּיצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים וַיְהִי הָאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה׃ 2.7. Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."
2. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 42.5, 57.16 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 42.5. כֹּה־אָמַר הָאֵל יְהוָה בּוֹרֵא הַשָּׁמַיִם וְנוֹטֵיהֶם רֹקַע הָאָרֶץ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיהָ נֹתֵן נְשָׁמָה לָעָם עָלֶיהָ וְרוּחַ לַהֹלְכִים בָּהּ׃ 57.16. כִּי לֹא לְעוֹלָם אָרִיב וְלֹא לָנֶצַח אֶקְּצוֹף כִּי־רוּחַ מִלְּפָנַי יַעֲטוֹף וּנְשָׁמוֹת אֲנִי עָשִׂיתִי׃ 42.5. Thus saith God the LORD, He that created the heavens, and stretched them forth, He that spread forth the earth and that which cometh out of it, He that giveth breath unto the people upon it, And spirit to them that walk therein:" 57.16. For I will not contend for ever, Neither will I be always wroth; For the spirit that enwrappeth itself is from Me, And the souls which I have made."
3. New Testament, Romans, 8.11, 11.17-11.24 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 8.11. But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. 11.17. But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree; 11.18. don't boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you. 11.19. You will say then, "Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. 11.20. True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don't be conceited, but fear; 11.21. for if God didn't spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. 11.22. See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off. 11.23. They also, if they don't continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 11.24. For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
4. New Testament, Matthew, 7.16-7.19 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 7.16. By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? 7.17. Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. 7.18. A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit. 7.19. Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.
5. Irenaeus, Refutation of All Heresies, None (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
6. Irenaeus, Demonstration of The Apostolic Teaching, 11 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
7. Aphrahat, Demonstrations, 6.14 (4th cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
anthropology, bipartite vs. tripartite	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 60
anthropology, of irenaeus	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 60
anthropology	Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 221, 222
behr, j.	Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 222
bible	Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 191
body	Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000) 98; Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 222
body and soul	Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 221, 222
breath and spirit	Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 221, 222
church	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 91
death	Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 221
fantino, j.	Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000) 91
flesh	Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 191, 221, 222
fleshly, definition of	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 79
freedom	Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000) 91
gifts, from god	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 60
grace	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 91
growth, in irenaeus' anthropology"	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 60
holy spirit, as life-creating	Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000) 94, 98
homonymy, immortality	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 91
image and likeness	Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 222
immortality	Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 222
jesus christ	Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 191
kingdom of god	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 79
lassiat, h.	Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000) 94
life, and soul	Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000) 94, 98
life, breath of life	Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000) 91, 94
life, eternal	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 79
life	Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000) 94
man, creation of	Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000) 91
maturation	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 79
participation	Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 191, 221, 222
paul and john	Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 191
portrayal in acts, reception of	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 79
resurrection, connection to morality	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 91
resurrection, extent of (generality)	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 91
rousseau, a.	Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000) 91, 94
rule of truth	Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 191
soul, ability to bestow life	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 91
soul, and life	Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000) 94
soul, as breath of life	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 79, 91
soul, definition of	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 79
soul, immortality of'	Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 91
soul, immortality of	Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000) 94
soul	Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000) 91, 98
spirit	Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 221, 222
trinity	Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 191