Re: The Early Christians: Creed, Confession and Scripture

Therefore the resurrection of bodies which are without souls or even 
entirely disintegrated must most certainly take place. The same people
must 
reappear in the twofold nature of their being.

Late Athenagoras, On the Resurrection of the Dead 25.

> The salvation of the soul would be the final goal of only a part of
> the human, not of the whole. In order that the final goal can be
> realized, the body must be united with the soul, which is possible
> only through resurrection.
> 
> Athenagoras, On the Resurrection of the Dead 24-25 (summary). 
>