Occasionally, it a good idea for me to review some of my old articles. There have been responses that I haven’t seen since we don’t get notices about such things. I wrote a multi-part series on the Resurrection which you can read here: Resurrection Evidence: Some Alternative Theories Part 1

The reply reads:

“The first thing you do to defend a proposition is to define your terms. You did not bother to do this, so I ask: what do you mean by Resurrection? A re-animated corpse that walked out of the tomb? I don't think so because Jesus is reported to appear out of nowhere and also to pass through locked doors. A physical body could not do that. Much of the material regarding the behavior of Jesus after he appeared to his friends cannot be true according to what we now know about the human body. Until you take that into account, just accepting the Scriptures as written, your story makes no sense and cannot contribute to rational discussion of Resurrection.”

To which I responded:
To most people reading these articles the definition of terms is completely unnecessary. In fact, not even in secular circles do they need a definition when Catholic talk about "The Resurrection". It's clearly understood that we believe that the same Body that went into the tomb has a direct one-to-one relationship to the Body which came out. He went into the Tomb flesh and blood and arose in a glorified, flesh and bone body.

If you are insinuating that the Lord Jesus came out of the Tomb as a "spirit" that notion has been refuted both by Scripture and by the writings and Councils of the Church. First of all, He makes it very plain that He is NOT "spirit" He invited Thomas to examine Him to allay his fears that Jesus was a spirit, "Then he said to Thomas, 'Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.'” To invite Thomas to touch something incorporeal is nonsensical. 

In Luke 24:36-43 the other Apostles had similar fears. He also invited them to handle him and even ate food in front of them specifically saying: “Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”

Saint Paul teaches that our bodies will be the same in our resurrection as Jesus’ was. In Romans 6:5 he says, “For if we have been united with Him in a death like his [through Baptism as the verses before this discuss], we will certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His.’”. In 1 Corinthians 15 the whole chapter is about our resurrection. In verses 35-49 he specifically talks about the nature of our glorified bodies and that one-to-one relationship I mentioned earlier. In the balance of the chapter he makes it plain: “For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” In 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 he places the time of this event happening at the Second Coming… what the Book of the Revelation calls “the first resurrection”.

That the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus was physical and not merely spiritual is agreed upon by Catholics and Protestants. The concept of a “spirit body” has been the subject of several ancient heresies addressed by the Church and which resulted in the Creeds of the Church accepted by Catholics and Protestants alike. It is only in the pseudo-Christian cults of modern times that the error has been taught once again. I hope that those who read this response will now be equipped to also respond to any who raise the question.