Ambrose of Milan, on 1Cor 15:12

“Now if Christ be preached, that he arose again from the dead, how do some among you say, that there is no resurrection of the dead?”

“How grave an offense it is not to believe in the resurrection of the dead. If we do not rise again, Christ died in vain and did not rise again. For if he did not rise for us, he did not rise at all, because there is no reason why he should rise for himself.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.