IV. In the New Testament Christ asserts soul-immortality apart from the body (Matthew 10:28); Lazarus; the penitent thief
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IV.In the New Testament Christ most clearly asserts the immortality of the soul and a nature diverse from the body (Matthew 10:28): do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul.If the rational soul were mortal and of the same condition with the body, why could it not be killed as the body is killed?So also the Savior's narrative of the rich man and Lazarus clearly shows that by the death of the body all things are not finished (Luke 16:22 and following).So on the cross, about to meet death for the human race, he solemnly affirms to the penitent thief who was about to act out his soul, Today you will be with me in paradise (Luke 23:43) — with the body indeed nowhere but on the cross and in the tomb, but with the soul with Christ in Paradise.
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IV. In N. T. Christus immortalitatem animae & a corpore diversam naturam asserit clarissime Matth. 10.v.28. nolite metuere ab iis, qui interimunt corpus, animam autem non possunt interimere. Si anima rationalis esset mortalis, & ejusdem cum corpore conditionis, cur interimi non posset, sicut corpus interimitur? Sic etiam narratio Servatoris de epulone & Lazaro, morte corporis haud finiri omnia, clare ostendit Luc. 16.v.22. & seqq. Sic in cruce pro humano genere mortem jam oppetitorus latroni poenitenti mox animam acturo sancte affirmat, Hodie mecum eris in paradiso, Luc. 23.v.43. corpore sane non nisi in cruce ac sepulchro, anima vero cum Christo in Paradiso.