About the resurrection of the dead

The reader’s attention is proposed to the well -known work “On the Resurrection of the Dead” Athanagor Athenaanin - the ancient -eater defender of Christ"s faith of the II century. It is dedicated to the versatile theological and philosophical understanding, perhaps the most mysterious dogma of the church - the dogma of the resurrection and is recognized as the earliest of the preserved works of church literature specially written on this topic. A scientific advocate of Christ"s faith puts forward a number of arguments proving both the possibility and the need to resurrect the body for human nature. The publication is preceded by the introductory article of the professor of the Moscow Theological Academy A. I. Sidorov