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Annotation CCXXIV, Whether angels have a soul (Isaiah 13:7)

“Every soul of man shall fear.”

Annotatio CCXXIV

”Every soul of man shall fear.” — Isaiah 13:7

Basil, in the commentaries on Isaiah, says:1 “Beautifully is the word ‘of man’ added: for the Soul of the Angels is not subject to fear; for the Soul of the Angel is superior to this turbulent affection.” He seems by these [words] to hint that the Angels are living beings, which consist of body and soul — unless perchance, this being a figurative form of speaking, by “the Souls of the Angels” we understand the Angels [themselves], who are souls, and most simple spirits. Of this we have spoken more fully above, in Annotation 8.

Footnotes

  1. Right margin: Whether angels have a soul. (Num angeli animam habeant.) ↩

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