On the Resurrection of the Dead 9

Since there are many points more useful for the present inquiry, I now decline to deal with those who take refuge in human works and their human makers, who cannot renew their works when they are broken, worn out by time, or otherwise destroyed. From the example of potters and carpenters they try to show that God too would not wish, or, if he wished, would not be able, to raise a body that has died or been dissolved. They do not consider that by this they insult God in the worst way, putting on the same level the powers of beings utterly different, or rather the very natures of those who use them, and things made by art with things made by nature. To take such arguments seriously is not above reproach; it is truly foolish to answer superficial and empty objections. It is far more fitting, and truest of all, to say that what is impossible with human beings is possible with God. And if the argument shows that it is possible, both by these very sayings, as authoritative, and by all that was examined a little earlier, then clearly it is not impossible. Nor, indeed, is it against God's will.