VI–VII. Formal cause internal and external; VIII. Final cause; millenarian error rejected
VI. The form of the resurrection is twofold, internal or external. The internal, for those who properly rise, consists in gathering ashes, reforming bodies, uniting souls; for those to be changed, in sudden change of qualities (1 Cor. 15:51).
VII. The external consists in the order in which Christ will appear in the clouds and by his voice set all before the tribunal.
VIII. The end with respect to God is the glory of Christ the Mediator; with respect to men, the judgment, glory for believers, ignominy for unbelievers. We reject Lactantius's error of the millennium and double resurrection. Rightly Gennadius: There will be a resurrection of all the dead, but one together and at once. A double purpose: comfort and a deterrent from sin.
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VI. Forma resurrectionis duplex est, interna aut externa. Interna respectu proprie resurgentium consistit in collectione cinerum, reformatione corporum, unione animarum; respectu immutandorum in subitanea immutatione qualitatum, 1 Cor. 15.51. VII. Externa consistit in ordine quo Christus in nubibus apparebit & voce sua omnes sistet ad tribunal. VIII. Finis respectu Dei est gloria Christi mediatoris; respectu hominum judicium, gloria credentium, ignominia incredulorum. Rejicimus errorem Lactantii de millenario & duplici resurrectione. Recte Gennadius: Erit resurrectio mortuorum omnium, sed una insimul & semel. Usus duplex: solatium & frenum a peccato.