Before the resurrection the soul still uses a body
…poor man resting in Abraham's bosom—spoken of before the Savior's coming, before the world's consummation, and so before the resurrection—the one punished in Hades, the other at rest in Abraham's bosom—teach that even now, at departure, the soul uses a body.
From Methodius. Origen, having put it this way…
Greek
ἐν κόλποις Ἀβραὰμ πένης ἀναπαυόμενος, πρὸ τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ Σωτῆρος καὶ πρὸ τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο πρὸ τῆς ἀναστάσεως λεγόμενοι ὁ μὲν ἐν ᾅδου κολάζεσθαι, ὁ δὲ ἐν κόλποις Ἀβραὰμ ἀναπαύεσθαι, διδάσκουσιν ὅτι καὶ νῦν τῇ ἀπαλλαγῇ σώματι χρῆται ἡ ψυχή. Ἐκ τῶν Μεθοδίου. Φράσας (Ὠριγένης)
About this text
Origen of Alexandria, De Resurrectione (Greek).
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 11 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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