Resurrection of the flesh according to Augustine

• Augustine believed that the fall (described in genesis 1) affected not only Adam and even but also the whole of humanity
• every human is infected with sin in every aspect of his/her being: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual
• humans are totally dependent on god's grace to deliver them from the eternal punishment that sin merits
• christ's saving death achieved atonement and his physical resurrection showed to beliebers what was a possibility for those whom god has chosen
• Jesus' resurrection and ascension were physical
• Augustine believed that god would perform the same miracle for anything created with a soul
• in thus physical resurrection, both the spiritual and physical effects of sin would be erased
• augustine's thinking can bee seen in the catholic church's tea hing about resurrection
• youcat 153: 'on the 'last day' he will remake all creation ... this means that we will be transformed but still experience ourselves in our element'