Peri anastaseos nekron

work attributed to Athenagoras

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  • In Athenagoras

    A second work, the tract Peri anastaseōs nekrōn (The Resurrection of the Dead), is cautiously attributed to Athenagoras. Rejecting the Platonic tenet that the body is the prison of the soul, and affirming matter-spirit complementarity, he accepts bodily resurrection from the dead on the basis of God’s omnipotence and purpose…

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