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Ascension of the souls (1)

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Ascent of the soul (1)
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.02 Cult of Ištar
03.02.01 Doctrine of salvation
03.02.01.10 Ascent of the soul (1)
Ascent of the soul (2)
12 Assyrian Identity
12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era
12.03.03 Assyrian substratum features in early Syriac Christianity
12.03.03.17 Mysticism
12.03.03.17.01 Ascent of the soul (2)
Heavenly origin of the soul
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.02 Cult of Ištar
03.02.01 Doctrine of salvation
03.02.01.01 Heavenly origin of the soul

Keywords
resurrection

Period
2nd century CE
Roman Empire

Channel
Christian-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Irenaeus, Against Heresies 26:
This was a sign that souls should be born aloft through the instrumentality of wood, upon which He suffered who can lead those souls aloft that follow His ascension. This event was also an indication of the fact that when the holy soul of Christ descended [to Hades], many souls ascended and were seen in their bodies.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Irenaeus, Against Heresies 26

Bibliography

Hill 2001, 17-18

Hill, Charles E. Regnum caelorum. Patterns of millennial thought in early Christianity. Grand Rapids: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co 2001 (second edition).

Amar Annus

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