CCC 996

From the beginning, Christian faith in the resurrection has met with incomprehension and opposition.⁵⁴⁸ Cf. Acts 17:32; 12Cor 15:12-13. "On no point does the Christian faith encounter more opposition than on the resurrection of the body."⁵⁴⁹ St. Augustine, En. in Ps. 88, 5: PL 37, 1134PL — Patrologia Latina (Migne). It is very commonly accepted that the life of the human person continues in a spiritual fashion after death. But how can we believe that this body, so clearly mortal, could rise to everlasting life?