Origen

“ For it would, indeed, be absurd that certain stones and buildings should be regarded as more sacred or more profane than others, according as they were constructed for the honour of God, or for the reception of dishonourable and accursed persons; [1] while bodies should not differ from bodies, according as they are inhabited by rational or irrational beings, and according as these rational beings are the most virtuous or most worthless of mankind. ”

“ Such a principle of distinction, indeed, has led some to deify the bodies of distinguished men, [2] as having received a virtuous soul, and to reject and treat with dishonour those of very wicked individuals. ”