and therefore immateriality” (RI, 53, emphasis is his). Speaking of the ability of Jesus’ resurrection body to appear on occasion, he added, “This is a corollary of his essential immateriality and the tangible reality of his resurrection appearances” (RI, 54, emphasis added). From these quotations and many others like them, it is plain that Harris affirmed that the resurrection body was essentially (i.e., by nature) immaterial. Only during the brief times during which Jesus appeared to His disciples
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