"The resurrection of Christ"

"IT IS, then, the effect of the death of Christ in regard to the remission of sin which we achieve in the sacraments, for, it has already been said, the sacraments work in the power of the passion of Christ.

"But the effect of the resurrection of Christ in regard to our liberation from death we shall achieve at the end of the world, when we shall all rise by the power of Christ. Hence, the Apostle says: “If Christ be preached that He arose again from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen again. And if Christ be not risen again then is our preaching vain and our faith is vain" (1 Co 15:12-14). It is, then, a necessary tenet of faith to believe that there will be a resurrection of the dead."

~St. Thomas Aquinas: Summa Contra Gentiles, Bk. IV, Ch. 79.

No. 37 Scenes from the Life of Christ: 21. Resurrection (Noli me tangere),
by Giotto di Bondone. Fresco, 1304-06; Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua.