Soul-form like the earthly body; Samuel visible
…and earthly body can be taken that way. Whenever someone among those who have fallen asleep is reported as appearing, he is seen in a form like the one he had while he still wore flesh.
Samuel too, when he appears and is plainly visible, shows that he was clothed with a body—especially if the proofs force us to say the soul's substance is incorporeal. So also the rich man under punishment, and the…
Greek
γηΐνῳ σώματι δύναται οὕτως λαμβάνεσθαι. Εἴ ποτε γοῦν ἱστόρηταί τις τῶν κεκοιμημένων φαινόμενος, ὅμοιος ἑώραται τῷ ὅτε τὴν σάρκα εἶχε σχήματι. Εἶτα· Ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ Σαμουὴλ φαινόμενος, ὡς δῆλόν ἐστιν, ὁρατὸς ὢν, παρίστησιν ὅτι σῶμα περιέκειτο· μάλιστα ἐὰν ἀναγκασθῶμεν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποδείξεων τὴν οὐσίαν τῆς ψυχῆς ἀσώματον εἶναι καὶ ταύτην ἀποφήνασθαι. Ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ κολαζόμενος πλούσιος, καὶ ὁ
About this text
Origen of Alexandria, De Resurrectione (Greek).
Original English Translation of Origen’s De Resurrectione — new OET from PG 11 Greek.
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 11 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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