While the reality of the hypostatic union is established by the Scriptures, and is on that account maintained by the Church, it is to be lamented that many intricate and fruitless metaphysical questions have been debated among different sects of Chr…
Irenaeus teaches that the saints do not immediately enter into the presence of God because that would mean only the soul without the body would enter into heaven when the example of Christ is that we must first put on incorruption, that is our glori…
The view held by Tertullian was also held by Irenaeus and has, in general, continued to be the common view.
Irenaeus, Against Heresies (Book 5, Chapter 31)https://ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01/anf01.ix.vii.xxxii.html