NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

2 Corinthians 5:1

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV

For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we by sight,"[245]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

As to the house of this our earthly dwelling-place, when he says that "we have an eternal home in heaven, not made with hands,"[549]

Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

It is still the same sentiment which he follows up in the passage in which he puts the recompense above the sufferings: "for we know; "he says, "that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens; "[269]

Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II

with a view to the new house of the Lord[59]

Five Books in Reply to Marcion

340 Thus did he speak of "flesh." In fine, he said[111]

Origen de Principiis Book II

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."[26]

Origen de Principiis Book III

Respecting the body also, the apostle has said, "We have a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens,"[411]

Origen Against Celsus Book VII

Celsus next assails the doctrine of the resurrection, which is a high and difficult doctrine, and one which more than others requires a high and advanced degree of wisdom to set forth how worthy it is of God; and how sublime a truth it is which teaches us that there is a seminal principle lodged in that which Scripture speaks of as the "tabernacle" of the soul, in which the righteous "do groan, being burdened, not for that they would be unclothed, but clothed upon."[67]

Origen Against Celsus Book VII

Then, again, as there is "a tabernacle" and "an earthly house" which is in some sort necessary for this tabernacle, Scripture teaches us that "the earthly house of this tabernacle shall be dissolved," but that the tabernacle shall "be clothed upon with a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."[68]

Methodius From the Discourse on the Resurrection

Now the followers of Origen bring forward this passage, "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved,"[88]

Martyrdom Of the Holy Confessors

For this is the crowning point of our hope, that we shall leave behind our present dwelling, which is but for a time, and depart to one that will last forever. For we have "a tabernacle not made with hands"[10]

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