# Resurrection of the Body
**Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Catholic Theology / Eschatology
**Doc Type:** Canonical Concept
**Maturity:** Developed
**Evidence / Concept Status:** Established Christian/Catholic doctrine
## Definition
**Resurrection of the Body** is the Christian doctrine that definitive human destiny is not an immortal soul permanently separated from embodiment but resurrection and reunion of the person in transformed bodily life.
## Continuity Significance
It differentiates theological resurrection from technological reconstruction or copying.
## Existing Architecture / Evidence
The Catholic Catechism makes resurrection of the flesh central to Christian hope.
## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note
Theological resurrection is not a technical specification for digital continuity.
## Related Ontology
[[wiki/Catholic Anthropology and Digital Continuity|Catholic Anthropology and Digital Continuity]] · [[wiki/Soul-Body Unity|Soul-Body Unity]] · [[wiki/Salvific Continuity vs Technological Continuity|Salvific Continuity vs Technological Continuity]]
## Sources / Provenance
- https://www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_one/section_two/chapter_three/article_11.html