Source: Futility Closet
Early Christian theologians had to contend with an awkward question: On Resurrection Day, what happens to people who have been devoured by birds, beasts, and fish? If the substance of my body has been assimilated by another creature, how can I reclaim it in eternity?
The answer came from Athenagoras in the second century.
He declared that human flesh was “non-natural” and could not be absorbed by other creatures:What is against nature can never pass into nourishment for the limbs…
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