For it is quite clear, both in Scripture and tradition, that classical dualism is not t he Christian position. ... And the notion that the body is essentially evil and must be escaped from (an idea often associated with versions of classical dualism) eras condemned by virtually every orthodox Christian thinker who discussed death and res urrection in the first two hundred years after the apostolic age; the Christian idea is rather that the body was created by Sod and is good; the whole person, body and soul alike, is what is to be saved. ... Temporary disembodiment need not be based on classi...

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