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On the Flesh of Christ

Tertullian

Chapter 25

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Author: Tertullian

Chapter XXV.—Conclusion. This Treatise Forms a Preface to the Other Work, “On the Resurrection of the Flesh,” Proving the Reality of the Flesh Which Was Truly Born, and Died, and Rose Again.

But let this suffice on our present subject; for I

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think

that

by

this

time

proof

enough

has

been

adduced

of

the

flesh

in

Christ

having

both

been

born

of

the

virgin

,

and

being

human

in

its

nature

.

And

this

discussion

alone

might

have

been

sufficient

,

without

encountering

the

isolated

opinions

which

have

been

raised

from

different

quarters

.

We

have

,

however

,

challenged

these

opinions

to

the

test

,

both

of

the

arguments

which

sustain

them

,

and

of

the

Scriptures

which

are

appealed

to

,

and

this

we

have

done

ex

abundanti

;

so

that

we

have

,

by

showing

what

the

flesh

of

Christ

was

,

and

whence

it

was

derived

,

also

predetermined

the

question

,

against

all

objectors

,

of

what

that

flesh

was

not

.

The

resurrection

,

however

,

of

our

own

flesh

will

have

to

be

maintained

in

another

little

treatise

,

and

so

bring

to

a

close

this

present

one

,

which

serves

as

a

general

preface

,

and

which

will

pave

the

way

for

the

approaching

subject

now

that

it

is

plain

what

kind

of

body

that

was

which

rose

again

in

Christ

.