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A: The terms “soul” and “spirit” are used in different senses in the Bible (Catechism of the Catholic Church 363). Genesis 2:7 states that God formed man’s body from the ground, breathed into him the breath (spirit) of life, and so “man became a living soul” (literal translation). Here the term “soul” is used to refer to the whole man, composed of both body and spirit. The same use is found when we describe a shipwreck and say things like “70 souls were lost,” meaning 70 people died.
A different use is found in Revelation 6:9 and 20:4, where John sees the souls of those who have been slain for the gospel. Here “soul” obviously does not refer to the whole, embodied person, but to the immaterial part, the spirit, that survives death.
In two Bible verses (1 Thess. 5:23 and Heb. 4:12) “soul” and “spirit” seem to be used in distinct senses, but this does not prove the existence of two immaterial substances in man. The authors use Hebrew parallelism for poetic effect; they are not talking about constituent parts of man.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church also sheds light on this issue: “Sometimes the soul is distinguished from the spirit . . . The Church teaches that this distinction does not introduce a duality into the soul. ‘Spirit’ signifies that from creation man is ordered to a supernatural end and that his soul can graciously be raised beyond all it deserves to communion with God” (CCC 367).
Perhaps we will just have to wait and see......i think language can be limiting on this suject
Aspen,
The Catholic church believes in the trichotomy of man.
Man has three parts:
Body
Soul
Spirit
Check this out with your priest or somebody that knows. Not all priests remember their theology...
This is what the CC believes:
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Thanks for the reply
A: The terms “soul” and “spirit” are used in different senses in the Bible (Catechism of the Catholic Church 363). Genesis 2:7 states that God formed man’s body from the ground, breathed into him the breath (spirit) of life, and so “man became a living soul” (literal translation). Here the term “soul” is used to refer to the whole man, composed of both body and spirit. The same use is found when we describe a shipwreck and say things like “70 souls were lost,” meaning 70 people died.
A different use is found in Revelation 6:9 and 20:4, where John sees the souls of those who have been slain for the gospel. Here “soul” obviously does not refer to the whole, embodied person, but to the immaterial part, the spirit, that survives death.
In two Bible verses (1 Thess. 5:23 and Heb. 4:12) “soul” and “spirit” seem to be used in distinct senses, but this does not prove the existence of two immaterial substances in man. The authors use Hebrew parallelism for poetic effect; they are not talking about constituent parts of man.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church also sheds light on this issue: “Sometimes the soul is distinguished from the spirit . . . The Church teaches that this distinction does not introduce a duality into the soul. ‘Spirit’ signifies that from creation man is ordered to a supernatural end and that his soul can graciously be raised beyond all it deserves to communion with God” (CCC 367).
Perhaps we will just have to wait and see......i think language can be limiting on this suject