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On the Resurrection of the Dead

Athenagoras, ANF 2

1. Defence of the Truth Should Precede Discussions Regarding It
2. 2. A Resurrection is Not Impossible
3. 3. He Who Could Create, Can Also Raise Up the Dead
4. Objection from the Fact that Some Human Bodies Have Become Part of Others
5. 5. Reference to the Processes of Digestion and Nutrition
6. 6. Everything that is Useless or Hurtful is Rejected
7. 7. The Resurrection-Body Different from the Present
8. 8. Human Flesh Not the Proper or Natural Food of Men
9. 9. Absurdity of Arguing from Man’s Impotency
10. 10. It Cannot Be Shown that God Does Not Will a Resurrection
11. 11. Recapitulation
12. Argument for the Resurrection from the Purpose Contemplated in Man’s Creation
13. 13. Continuation of the Argument
14. The Resurrection Does Not Rest Solely on the Fact of a Future Judgment
15. 15. Argument for the Resurrection from the Nature of Man
16. Analogy of Death and Sleep, and Consequent Argument for the Resurrection
17. The Series of Changes We Can Now Trace in Man Renders a Resurrection Probable
18. Judgment Must Have Reference Both to Soul and Body: There Will Therefore Be a Resurrection
19. Man Would Be More Unfavourably Situated Than the Beasts If There Were No Resurrection
20. Man Must Be Possessed Both of a Body and Soul Hereafter, that the Judgment Passed Upon…
21. 21. Continuation of the Argument
22. 22. Continuation of the Argument
23. 23. Continuation of the Argument
24. 24. Argument for the Resurrection from the Chief End of Man
25. 25. Argument Continued and Concluded