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1015 Thefiesh is the hinge of salvation (Tertullian, De res. 8, 2: PL 2, 852). We believe in God who is creator of the flesh; we believe in the Word made flesh in order to redeem the flesh; we believe in the resurrection of the flesh, the fulfilment of both the creation and the redemption oftheflesh. ioi6 By death the soul is separated from the body, but in the resurrection God will give incorruptible life to our body, transformed by reunion with our soul.Just as Christ is risen and lives for ever, so all of us will rise at the last day. 1017 We believe in the true resurrection of this flesh that we now possess (Council ofLyons II: DS 854). We sow a corruptible body in the tomb, but he raises up an incorruptible body, a spiritual body (cf i Cor 154244). 1018 As a consequence of original sin, man must
suffer bodily death,from which man would have been
immune had he not sinned (CS i8 §2). 1019 Jesus, the Son of God,freely suffered death
for us in complete and free submission to the will of God,
his Father. By his death he has conquered death, and so
opened the possibility of salvation to all men. I BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING 1020 The Christian who unites his own death to
that of Jesus views it as a step towards him and an entrance
into everlasting life.
and absolution over the dying Christian,
seals him for the last time with a strengthening anointing
and gives him Christ in viaticum as nourishment for the
journey, she speaks with gentle assurance:
Go forth, Christian soul, from this world in the name
of God the almighty Father, who created you, in
the name ofJesus Christ, the Son of the living God, who
suffered for you, in the name of the Holy Spirit, who was
poured out upon you. Go forth, faithful Christian! May you live in peace this day, may your
home be with God in Zion, with Mary, the virgin Mother
of God, with Joseph, and all the angels and saints... May
you return to [your Creator] who formed you from the
dust of the earth.
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