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Commentary. Resurrection of the Dead. Benedict XVI
It now becomes clear that the real heart of faith in the resurrection does not consist at all in the idea of the restoration of bodies, to which we have reduced it in our thinking; such is the case even though this is the pictorial image used throughout the Bible.
Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
Introduction To Christianity, — 2004 Ignatius Press, p.349 online in: Most Rev. Donald J. Sanborn, Modernism Resurrected: Benedict XVI on the Resurrection. [pdf] 
The resurrection of the body… hopelessly mythological?Benedict XVI: a new heaven and a new earth… is this not all completely absurd… hopelessly mythological? St. Peter: we… look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
This resurrection [of the body] would also imply — or so it seems at any rate — a new heaven and a new earth; it would require immortal bodies needing no sustenance and a completely different condition of matter. But is this not all completely absurd, quite contrary to our understanding of matter and its modes of behavior, and therefore hopelessly mythological?
Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
Introduction To Christianity, — 2004 Ignatius Press, p.348 online in: Most Rev. Donald J. Sanborn, Modernism Resurrected: Benedict XVI on the Resurrection. [pdf]
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But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 [Seeing] then [that] all these things shall be dissolved, what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 2Pe.3:10-13
The resurrection of persons…?To recapitulate, Paul teaches, not the resurrection of physical bodies, but the resurrection of persons…
Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
Introduction To Christianity, — 2004 Ignatius Press, pp. 357-358 online in: Bro. Peter Dimond, O.S.B. The Heresies in Benedict XVI’s Book See alsoLinks
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