Introduction
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Divisio (see above) 1) First part: according to the majority of the doctors, the resurrection of Christ was convenient for three reasons: 1. “fulfilment of perfection”: the soul and the body are two doors of the human being (cf. Sermon T28 Easter, Second part), and there can be no perfection in the absence of one or the other; since perfection befits Christ, it was fitting that he should be resurrected with body and soul.  2. “merit of humiliation”: maximum humiliation corresponds to maximum exaltation; Christ humbled himself to the point of accepting death on the cross, so it was fitting that he should be exalted, through the resurrection, more than any other creature. 3. “object of delight”: the vision of the risen Christ is a source of joy for the saints and angels in heaven (In quem [scil. in Christi vultum] desiderant angeli prospicere [quote from 1Peter 1, 12]). 2) Second part: according to the doctors, Christ resurrected on the third day for three main reasons [only the first is reported]: 1. “respect for God”: Power,Wisdom, and Justice - the three attributes of God - meet in council and it is decreed that Christ should immediately resurrect: according to Wisdom, since there was no guilt in Christ, there should be no punishment for him and his body should not become ashes (unlike Adam [reference to Genesis 3, 17-19]); according to Justice, “it’s only right that, once the journey is over, one returns home”: so it was fitting that Jesus, having finished his journey on earth with his death for our redemption, should be reunited with the Father.