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

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.