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13 Nov 2023

Death And Revival And Judgement

Sicut enim in Adam omnes moriuntur, ita in Christo omnes vivificabuntur.

Hoc dicit, quia sicut Adam peccans mortem invenit et omnes ex ejus origine tenuit, ut dissolvantur: ita et Christus non peccans, et per hoc vincens mortem, quia qui non peccat, vincit mortem, quia mors ex peccato, omnibus qui sunt ex ejus corpore, acquisivit vitam, id est, resurrectionem. Quamvis ergo generalem tribuerit resurrectionem, ut sicut in Adam omnes sive justi sive injusti moriuntur; ita et in Christo omnes tam credentes, quam diffidentes resurgant, licet ad poenam increduli; tamen vivificari videntur; quia corpora sua recipient, jam non morituri, sed passuri poenam in eis sine fine: quod credere noluerunt.

Ambrosiaster, In Epistolam Beati Pauli Ad Corinthios Primam, Caput XV

Source: Migne PL 17.263d-264a
For as all die in Adam, so all shall be revived in Christ. 1

He says this because Adam found death in sin and so all who are bound to his beginning perish, and thus Christ who does not sin, by this conquers death, because He who does not sin, conquers death because death comes from sin. So for all who are part of his body, He has acquired life, that is, the resurrection. Although, then, He shall give the general resurrection to all, since as all die in Adam, whether they are just or unjust, so all who believe in Christ and all who do not shall rise, yet the disbelievers will rise to punishment, though they appear to be restored to life. For they will receive their bodies and die no more, but they will suffer punishment without end, because they would not believe.

Ambrosiaster, Commentary On The First Letter of Saint Paul To The Corinthians, Chapter 15

1 1 Cor 15.22

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