...Apostles, the Athanasian Creeds Tertullian, and the western church were inclined to believe in resurrection of the flesh, whereas the Gnostics held the firm belief that resurrection existed only in a spiritual sense.
Apostle, den athanasianske trosbekendelser Tertullian, og den vestelige kirke, troede på den kødlige genopstandelse, derimod troede gnostics at genopstandelse kun var muligt i åndelig forstand.