627 Christ’s death was a real death in that it put an end to his earthly human existence. But because of the union his body retained with the person of the Son, his was not a mortal corpse like others, for “divine power preserved Christ’s body from corruption.”470 Both of these statements can be said of Christ: “He was cut off out of the land of the living”,471 and “My flesh will dwell in hope. For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor let your Holy One see corruption.”472 Jesus’ Resurrection “on the third day” was the proof of this, for bodily decay was held to begin on the fourth day after death.473
470 St. Thomas Aquinas, STh III, 51, 3.
471 Isaiah 53:8.
472 Acts 2:26-27; cf. Psalm 16:9-10.
473 Cf. 1 Corinthians 15:4; Luke 24:46; Matthew 12:40; Jon 2:1; HHosea 6:2; cf. John 11:39.
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