the problem is however that according to Catholic doctrine, souls are wholly spiritual and have no physical being at all. Although the idea has been rejected in the past by Protestant theorists - the idea of the soul and of spiritual beings such as angels being made of "subtle substance" can be read in Milton. But I suspect that in this as in many other things, modern Protestants have abandoned their fathers' views. However, we might remember that we Catholics also believe in the resurrection of the body, and that it is a transfigured body, as well as a soul, that is destined for eternal life. Including eternal damnation. So the young man missed a bet there: he had no need to introduce the unphilosophical notion of a bodily soul, just to consider how many resurrected bodies will head for Hell after the Last Judgement.
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Date: 2006-03-09 02:07 pm (UTC)