The answer
Yes, for when the Master Christ, to Him be glory, rose from the dead by the authority of His divinity, He rose with a real body. It is itself the same body in which He tasted death for the sake of the redemption for the salvation of humanity (that is after being glorified i.e taking a spiritual body). There are many evidences for this, amongst which:
- 1. He maintained in His body the marks of the nails, and the spear wound, as was witnessed by the disciples, then the Apostle Thomas (John 20:26-29). He kept the marks of the nails and the spear in His humanity.
- 2. He appeared to seven of the disciples, and ate with them (John 21:1-4). Inspite of eating is not the nature of the glorified body, but He did that to prove to them that He is not a spirit nor a ghost.
- 3. He remained for 40 days after His resurrection, appearing to His disciples as a living proof, prior to His ascension (Luke 24:5-52). He ascending before them in His humanity.
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II
Pope Tawadros II, My Faith: A Series of Dialogues on the Creed (Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, 2014), 116–117.
The pages in the book (116–117)
