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RESURRECTION AND REINCARNATION M.M.NINAN "The prophets have proclaimed his two comings. One, indeed, which has already taken place, was that of a dishonored and suffering man. The second will take place when, in accord with prophecy, he shall come from the heavens in glory with his angelic host, when he shall raise the bodies of all the men who ever lived. Then he will clothe the worthy in immortality, but the wicked, clothed in eternal sensibility, he will commit to the eternal fire along with the evil demons" (First Apology 52 [A.D. 151]). In the Dialogue with Trypho (AD 155), part one, chapter 4 Justin Martyr clearly disputes the theory of reincarnation as transmigration of souls. It is a discussion with Trypho the Jew: The old man: "What, then, is the advantage to those who have seen [God]? Or what has he who has seen more than he who has not seen, unless he remember this fact, that he has seen?" Justin: "I cannot tell," I answered. The old man: "And what do those suffer who are judged to be unworthy of this spectacle?" Justin: "[According to Plato] They are imprisoned in the bodies of certain wild beasts, and this is their punishment." The old man: "Do they know, then, that it is for this reason they are in such forms, and that they have committed some sin?" Justin: "I do not think so." The old man: "Then these reap no advantage from their punishment, as it seems: moreover, I would say that they are not punished unless they are conscious of the punishment." Justin: "No indeed." The old man: "Therefore souls neither see God nor transmigrate into other bodies; for they would know that so they are punished, and they would be afraid to commit even the most trivial sin afterwards. But that they can perceive that God exists, and that righteousness and piety are honourable, I also quite agree with you," Justin: "You are right," 123
Tatian the Syrian RESURRECTION AND REINCARNATION M.M.NINAN "We believe that there will be a resurrection of bodies after the consummation of all things" (Address to the Greeks 155 [A.D. 170]). Theophilus of Antioch "God will raise up your flesh immortal with your soul; and then, having become immortal, you shall see the immortal, if you will believe in him now; and then you will realize that you have spoken against him unjustly. But you do not believe that the dead will be raised. When it happens, then you will believe, whether you want to or not " (To Autolycus 1:7–8 [A.D. 181]). Irenaeus "For the Church, although dispersed throughout the whole world even to the ends of the earth, has received from the apostles and from their disciples the faith in . . . the raising up again of all flesh of all humanity, in order that to Jesus Christ our Lord and God and Savior and King, in accord with the approval of the invisible Father, every knee shall bend of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue shall confess him, and that he may make just judgment of them all" (Against Heresies 1:10:1–4 [A.D. 189]). 124
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