The Apostolic Fathers

Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus

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Fragment 50

Then there will truly be a shared joy fulfilled for all who believe in life, and in each person shall be confirmed the mystery of the Resurrection, the hope of incorruption, and the beginning of the eternal kingdom, when God destroys death and the devil. For the human nature and flesh that has risen from the dead will die no more; it will have been changed to incorruption and made like a spirit, and when heaven was opened, our Lord, full of glory, offered it (the flesh) to the Father.