What the Catholic Church Teaches
about Resurrection from the Dead
The following is found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The linked numbers are paragaph numbers in the Catechism book.
- the body and soul at the final resurrection: 366
- cremation and faith in the resurrection of the body: 2301
- Eucharist as the power of resurrection: 1524
- faith in the resurrection of the dead
as essential to the Christian faith: 991
- hour of resurrection of all the dead: 1001, 1038
- how the dead are resurrected: 999, 1000
- in the Creed: "I believe in the resurrection of the body": 988-1013
- opposition and incomprehension as to faith in: 996
- progressive revelation of: 992
- reasons for and the foundations of faith in: 993-95
- resurrection of all the dead: 998
- resurrection of the flesh signifies: 990
- rising from death: 997
- Transfiguration of Christ as a sign of man's resurrection: 556
- as a work of the Most Holy Trinity: 989