The Resurrection of the Just

The resurrection of the dead is a fundamental doctrine of Christianity and is the blessed hope of the believer. Who will be raised, how they will be raised, and when they will be raised has always been discussed at length and in great detail throughout history. To quote St. Augustine, "On no point does the Christian faith encounter more opposition than on the resurrection of the body." Because the first teachers of apostolic doctrine felt it urgently necessary to defend and clarify...
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The resurrection of the dead is a fundamental doctrine of Christianity and is the blessed hope of the believer. Who will be raised, how they will be raised, and when they will be raised has always been discussed at length and in great detail throughout history. To quote St. Augustine, "On no point does the Christian faith encounter more opposition than on the resurrection of the body." Because the first teachers of apostolic doctrine felt it urgently necessary to defend and clarify this doctrine, and because there is so much historical evidence available as commentary, I feel that the Apostolic and Ante-Nicene fathers are an invaluable resource that should be taken advantage of. An effort to correctly understand the doctrine of the resurrection of the just and how it relates to the advent of Antichrist and Jesus Christ will greatly benefit from the examination of these historical documents. How did the first disciples of the apostles understand what Jesus said and how did they understand the writings of their contemporaries which have become our scriptures?