On Christian Doctrine

St. Augustine of Hippo · 397–426 AD

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Section 21

Neither Body Nor Soul Extinguished at Death

And so faith clings to the assurance, and we must believe that it is so in fact, that neither the human soul nor the human body suffers complete extinction, but that the wicked rise again to endure inconceivable punishment, and the good to receive eternal life.