Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. 06 — CCEL UTF-8 text — Section 1479
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Work: Ante-Nicene Fathers — Volume 6
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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 6
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V. Now the followers of Origen bring forward this passage, "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved," [2931] and so forth, to disprove the resurrection of the body, saying that the "tabernacle" is the body, and the "house not made with hands" "in the heavens" is our spiritual clothing. Therefore, says the holy Methodius, by this earthly house must metaphorically [2932] be understood our short-lived existence here, and not this tabernacle; for if you decide to consider the body as being the earthly house which is dissolved, tell us what is the tabernacle …
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