What is the Unlimited Spirit, Limited Spirit and Corporeal Bodies? We differentiate three distinct types of beings here. One is the highest good in which nothing can surpass. This highest good is God; God is the only unlimited spirit with no end, no beginning and is not limited by space or time. The unlimited spirit has always been and will always be. The limited spirits are all the angels and human spirits that have a beginning, no end and the human spirits are limited by space and time while the associated corporeal body are living on earth. The corporeal bodies are the human bodies that reside on earth with a beginning, an end and limited by space and time. Corporeal bodies have a direct connection to an associated human eternal limited
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The difference being that angels, although living in eternity, were not before for all else that is, which is only God. So angels are created spiritual beings and because of this they are limited, they have a beginning. This is contemplated by Saint Anselm when he says, “Therefore, since it is not the case that anything is greater than You, no place or time restricts You, but You exist everywhere and always. Because this can be said of You alone, You alone are unlimited and eternal.” (Proslogion, 101:ch13). So we see God is unrestricted and resides everywhere, always. Anselm continues, “How, then, are other spirits, as well, said to be unlimited and eternal? To be sure, You alone are eternal because You alone of all things do not begin to exist, even as you do not cease to exist.” (Proslogion, 101:ch13). Here Saint Anselm speaks of the spirits of angels compared to the spirit of God, limited eternal spirits compared to unlimited eternal spirit. What makes the angels limited? It is the fact that the unlimited spirit created the limited spirits, they have a beginning. Ever though they do not have an end and already live in eternity with God, they have a beginning, they were a creation of the unlimited spirit, …show more content…
Before going any further, we need to recognize that each corporeal body is connected to an eternal limited spirit. These human spirits are limited the same way that the angel spirits are limited and in an additional way, because they are not yet living with God in eternity. So corporeal bodies, human bodies have a beginning, conception, and an end, death, but the spirit lives on. At the death of the body the spirit will join other spirits in eternity, be it heaven or hell. The corporal body and spirit, while the body is alive, is limited to space and time, which is much different from God and the angels who are not limited in this way. Anselm also contemplated this when he says, “Assuredly, that which while existing somewhere as a whole is not able at the same time to exist elsewhere is limited in every respect – something which is seen to be the case with corporeal objects only.” (Proslogion, 102:ch13). Thus, because the corporeal bodies cannot exist everywhere at onetime, wholly, they are limited to a new
The difference being that angels, although living in eternity, were not before for all else that is, which is only God. So angels are created spiritual beings and because of this they are limited, they have a beginning. This is contemplated by Saint Anselm when he says, “Therefore, since it is not the case that anything is greater than You, no place or time restricts You, but You exist everywhere and always. Because this can be said of You alone, You alone are unlimited and eternal.” (Proslogion, 101:ch13). So we see God is unrestricted and resides everywhere, always. Anselm continues, “How, then, are other spirits, as well, said to be unlimited and eternal? To be sure, You alone are eternal because You alone of all things do not begin to exist, even as you do not cease to exist.” (Proslogion, 101:ch13). Here Saint Anselm speaks of the spirits of angels compared to the spirit of God, limited eternal spirits compared to unlimited eternal spirit. What makes the angels limited? It is the fact that the unlimited spirit created the limited spirits, they have a beginning. Ever though they do not have an end and already live in eternity with God, they have a beginning, they were a creation of the unlimited spirit, …show more content…
Before going any further, we need to recognize that each corporeal body is connected to an eternal limited spirit. These human spirits are limited the same way that the angel spirits are limited and in an additional way, because they are not yet living with God in eternity. So corporeal bodies, human bodies have a beginning, conception, and an end, death, but the spirit lives on. At the death of the body the spirit will join other spirits in eternity, be it heaven or hell. The corporal body and spirit, while the body is alive, is limited to space and time, which is much different from God and the angels who are not limited in this way. Anselm also contemplated this when he says, “Assuredly, that which while existing somewhere as a whole is not able at the same time to exist elsewhere is limited in every respect – something which is seen to be the case with corporeal objects only.” (Proslogion, 102:ch13). Thus, because the corporeal bodies cannot exist everywhere at onetime, wholly, they are limited to a new