The “Afterlife”

A 5th Century Bishop, St. Paulinus, uproots a lot with this —

We do not guess at what the afterlife holds.

We do not base our faith on human opinions, poet’s dreams, or philosopher’s images. We draw our faith from the very fountain of truth, God himself. And who could have greater knowledge of divine things?

We do not teach that souls pass into other bodies so that humans become animals, or that souls live on without bodies, or that souls die in the body.

And then he plants this —

We don’t need these lies, because we have Truth itself.

This truth — God and his Word — has promised in its teaching and proved in its rising again that the flesh will be raised to eternal life. 

And finally gives us this to put in our pockets and take home with us —

Since we have these proofs and the light of faith, how could we ever doubt the resurrection, which we have heard from God’s Word and seen and felt with the eyes and hand of the apostles?