II–III. New inseparable union; vestiges of resurrection among Gentiles — Ariovistus, Americans, Peruvians
II. I call the union new, because the soul, which formerly when a human is generated had been united to the body and separated from it by death, is now again united.it inseparable, because it will never again be separated but will remain united forever — whereas concerning those who were raised by Christ, the prophets, and the Apostles, a new union indeed was made, but one which was again dissolved by death.
III. But it can be asked, since the article of Christian faith concerning the resurrection of the flesh is said purely and properly, whence it is that certain vestiges of it are also observed in the minds and opinions of the nations? For Ariovistus and the Germans in Appian On the Gallic Wars are said to be despisers of death because of hope of recovering life. Indeed some also report concerning the American barbarians that they had some sense of resurrection. For the Spaniards, who that they might possess the riches customarily buried with funerals — as we said above — disturbed bones with opened tombs, were asked by the Peruvians not to do what might perhaps hinder the resurrection.
Latin
II. Dico autem unionem novam, quia anima, quae jam olim, cum generatur homo, unita fuerat corpori, & ab eo per mortem separata nunc denuo unitur. Inseparabilem dico, quia nunquam iterum separabitur, sed in aeternum unita permanebit; cum circa eos, qui a Christo, prophetis & Apostolis resuscitati sunt, nova quidem unio facta fuerit, sed quae per mortem iterum dissolvebatur. III. Disquiri autem potest, cum de resurrectione carnis articulus fidei Christianae pure & proprie dicatur, unde sit, quod illius etiam in animis & opinionibus gentium vestigia quaedam observentur? Ariovistus enim & Germani apud Appianum libro de bellis Gallicis dicuntur θανάτου καταφρονηταὶ ἐπ' ἐλπίδι ἀναβιώσεως, mortis contemptores propter spem vitae recuperandae. Quin etiam de barbaris Americanis referunt nonnulli, resurrectionis aliquem sensum habuisse. Hispanos enim, qui ut opibus, quas cum funeribus defodi solitas superius diximus, potirentur, sepulchris apertis ossa disturbabant, a Peruanis rogatos esse, ne facerent, quod resurrectioni forte obesse posset.