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> The Nicene Creed (the historic test-suite of Christian orthodoxy) speaks of "the resurrection of the body". I was too distracted by the test-suite point to n
by schoen 10y ago
> The Nicene Creed (the historic test-suite of Christian orthodoxy) speaks of "the resurrection of the body".
I was too distracted by the test-suite point to notice that I should quarrel with this: it refers to "ἀνάστασι[ς] νεκρῶν" (Lat. "resurrectio[] mortuorum"), where νεκροί are the dead, not specifically their bodies (σώματα).
- geofft 10y agoWhoops, I had it confused with the Apostles' Creed, which does say "resurrection of the body" ("carnis resurrectionem"). Good catch!