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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

The Resurrection




After the resurrection, when our bodies will be reunited to our souls, they will be incorruptible; and the carnal passions which disturb us now will not be present in those bodies; we shall enjoy a peaceful equilibrium in which the prudence of the flesh will not make war upon the soul; and there will no longer be that internal warfare wherein sinful passions fight against the law of the mind, conquering the soul and taking it captive by sin. 

Our nature then will be purified of all these tendencies, and one spirit will be in both, I mean in the flesh and in the spirit, and every corporeal affection will be banished from our nature. 

St. Gregory of Nyssa



After the resurrection, when our bodies will be reunited to our souls, they will be incorruptible; and the carnal...
Posted by Australian Copts on Tuesday, April 14, 2015

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