What kind of bodies will we have in Heaven after Jesus comes back?

[White_Peony]

I know I asked this before, but I didnt’ make myself clear.

 

[followingtheway]

Beautiful ones but those in Hell will have hideous ones.

God bless :byzsoc:

David

 

[SteveGC]

I know I asked this before, but I didnt’ make myself clear.

Something like Jesus’ resurrected body. At once unrecognizable but ultimately very familiar. Certainly glorified and perfect.

 

[catholictiger]

i think a two word answer works glorified bodies.

 

[Aelred_Minor]

Classically, resurrected bodies are believed to have qualities of impassibility, brightness, agility, and subtlety.

“Impassibility” means the body will not be able to be harmed by physical trauma, heat, cold, etc.

It does not necessarily mean nothing can enter the body. Indeed, I recall reading something in Ratzinger (before his election to the Papacy) reflecting on how in this life our bodies are paradoxically the way we come in contact with other people and a barrier against physical union with another. He speculated that resurrected bodies would retain their role in allowing physical/sensory contact between people, while no longer being a barrier between them.

“Brightness” is the quality by which the bodies of “the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father” (Mt. 13:43). According to the Roman Catechism (my main source for this post), this “brightness is a sort of reflection upon the body of the supreme happiness of the soul, an emanation of its joy which beams through the body. Its communication is like the way in which the soul itself is made happy, by a participation of the happiness of God.” Unlike impassibility, the saints will experience this brightness to differing degrees, rather than equally (cf. 1 Co 15:41-42).

“Agility” is the quality by which our bodies, apparently, will not be limited by things like gravity and inertia, but rather will be able to move in whatever way the person pleases with complete ease.

“Subtlety”, to again quote directly from the Roman Catechism, “subjects the body to the absolute control of the soul and to an entire obedience to the soul. We infer this from the words of St. Paul: ‘It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body’ (1 Co 15:44).”

 

[levinas12]

It does not necessarily mean nothing can enter the body. Indeed, I recall reading something in Ratzinger (before his election to the Papacy) reflecting on how in this life our bodies are paradoxically the way we come in contact with other people and a barrier against physical union with another. He speculated that resurrected bodies would retain their role in allowing physical/sensory contact between people, while no longer being a barrier between them.

I really liked your entire posting.

The Ratzinger reflection raises interesting questions about physical/sensory contact, and the body no longer being a barrier to union between persons. Can you give me a specific cite from Ratzinger?

Another thread and other postings have addressed similar issues. But it is always helpful to “resurrect” good topics (no pun intended).

Is there a way to link JP II’s teachings on the Theology of the Body into this discussion?

 

[levinas12]

At once unrecognizable but ultimately very familiar.

This comment of yours reminds me of an interesting movie, Finding Graceland. Harvey Keitel plays an aging Elvis. Harvey doesn’t look very much like Elvis but really is Elvis.

This aging Elvis wanders around the country helping people work through their problems.
Initially, and even further along into the film, there is ambiguity whether Keitel is Elvis or perhaps just someone who has gone mad.

In the end, I think the film is pretty clear that the character really is Elvis. But perhaps a “purgatorial” Elvis.

I hope you don’t think I’m being irreverent.