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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"But God giveth it a body even as it pleased Him." "Yes," saith one, "but in that case it is the work of nature." Of what nature, tell me? For in that case likewise God surely doeth the whole; not nature, nor the earth, nor the rain. Wherefore also he making these things manifest, leaves out both earth and rain, atmosphere, sun, and hands of husbandmen, and subjoins, "God giveth it a body as it pleased Him." Do not thou therefore curiously inquire, nor busy thyself with the how and in what manner, when thou hearest of the power and …
Gregory of Nyssa
When explaining this mystery to the Corinthians, who, perhaps, themselves were bringing forward the same objections to it as its impugners to-day bring forward to overthrow our faith, he proceeds on his own authority to chide the audacity of their ignorance, and speaks thus: "Thou wilt say, then, to me, How are the dead raised up, and with what body do they come? …
Theophylact of Ohrid
If God gives the body, then why do you still inquire in what body we shall be raised, and not believe in the resurrection, hearing of the power and will of God? For God will raise the destroyed body, only He will raise it more glorious and more spiritual. This can be observed also in seeds, because a germinated seed comes up better than the one that was cast into the earth. These words irrefutably shut the mouths of heretics who say that in the resurrection the body that comes to life will not be the same, but a different one. …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
He did not say God "gave" or "ordered" but God "gives," that you may know how the Creator applies the effective power of his wisdom to the creation of things which come into existence daily at their appointed times.
Thomas Aquinas
972. – Then, describing the quality of sprouting, he attributes it first to God; secondly, to the proportion of nature. 973. – First he says, God gives it a body as he has chosen, because it proceeds from an ordination of the divine will that from such a seed such a plant is produced, which plant is as the body of a seed. For the ultimate fruit of a plant is the seed. …
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