Additional Christian Fathers Support of Reincarnation
Continuing on with Christian church fathers who believed (or believe) in reincarnation, we find Synesius (370-430), Bishop of Ptolemais, who wrote in his Treatise On Dreams: "Philosophy speaks of souls being prepared by a course of transmigrations...When first it comes down to earth, it (the soul) embarks on this animal spirit as on a boat, and through it is brought into contact with matter...The soul which did not quickly return to the heavenly region from which it was sent down to earth had to... Sign in to see full entry.