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Christ's resurrection is the exemplar and efficient instrumental cause
of the resurrection of our bodies and souls.[2322] It is called
an efficient instrumental cause, not inasmuch as it is an act that is
immediately transient, but inasmuch as the humanity, according to
which Christ rose, is the instrument of the divinity united with it to
raise our bodies and sanctify our souls. St. Thomas says:
"Christ's resurrection is the efficient cause of ours, through the
divine power whose office it is to quicken the dead; and this power by
its presence is in touch with all places and times; and such virtual
contact suffices for its efficiency." Its contact is not
quantitative, but virtual or dynamic.[2323]
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