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For he says that the former is of bloods (αἱμάτων), which is a Hebraism for blood, meaning the blood of man, produced by food." In terms of the phrase "of God", Lapide says it refers to the Spirit and grace of God, "by which the mind of man, beforetime carnal, is regenerated and justified, and so a man becomes spiritual, just, and holy ...
The Old Testament consistently uses three primary words to describe the parts of man: basar (flesh), which refers to the external, material aspect of man (mostly in emphasizing human frailty); nephesh, which refers to the soul as well as the whole person or life; and ruach which is used to refer to the human spirit (ruach can mean "wind", "breath", or "spirit" depending on the context; cf ...
God is a spiritual person in the form of a man. The angels are spiritual beings given over to spiritual (and not carnal) desires. God is the object of the angels' desires and it was the deliberate withdrawal of divine satisfactions from the reprobate angel which caused him to fall back on his own resources and pride.
Spiritual naturalism is a variety of philosophical and religious worldviews that are naturalistic in their basic viewpoint but have a spiritual and religious perspective also. Chief among modern forms of spiritual naturalism are religious naturalism , religious humanism , dualist pantheism , and humanistic religious naturalism. [ 13 ]
The traditional understanding of the difference between cardinal and theological virtues is that the latter are not fully accessible to humans in their natural state without assistance from God. [6] Thomas Aquinas believed that while the cardinal virtues could be formed through habitual practice, the theological virtues could only be practised ...
Carnal knowledge is an archaic or legal euphemism for sexual intercourse. [1] In modern statutes, the term " sexual penetration " is widely used, though with various definitions. Biblical source
The lower or animal nature in man was subject to the control of reason and the will subject to God. As a result of original sin, according to Catholics, human nature has been weakened and wounded, subject to ignorance, suffering, the domination of death, and the inclination to sin and be evil (CCC 405, 418).
Emphasizing that, given the mission he fulfilled, Jesus was a direct messenger of God, more than a prophet, and that "as a man, he had the organization of carnal beings; however, as a pure Spirit, detached from matter, he had to live more from the spiritual life than from the physical life". Jesus did not act as a "medium", acting on his own ...