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mark12_30 · 09-08-2002, 08:33 PM

(Feeling rather unqualified since she's only beginning to delve into HoME and she's forgotten almost all of her catholic mystical theology on this point (alas, the short-term memory is the first to go!)-- Helen takes a wild stab in the dark:

Well, evengelical thought would quote the scripture that references "spirit, soul and body", and would divide it thusly: Body, obvious. Soul= intellect, emotions, and will; has a lot to do with personality. (Sama and more, I guess.) And Spirit = that part of us that is made in the image of God. (Fea.)

My HoME-uneducated guess is that like Sama, all Fea is of the same stuff and varies in strength and purity and intensity and... you get the drift.

However, the Spirit/Soul/Body outlook is evangelical thought and I'm not certain of the catholic stance. I need rescue by those who remember their catholic doctrine, JOTC or Teresa of Avila (or even the Baltimore chatechism, the latin version of which Tolkien would probably have been heavily influenced by. But I forget it all.)

Gandalf the Grey! Bethberry! Or other catholic doctrine experts! Help!

--Helen

09-08-2002, 08:33 PM	#7
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	(Feeling rather unqualified since she's only beginning to delve into HoME and she's forgotten almost all of her catholic mystical theology on this point (alas, the short-term memory is the first to go!)-- Helen takes a wild stab in the dark: Well, evengelical thought would quote the scripture that references "spirit, soul and body", and would divide it thusly: Body, obvious. Soul= intellect, emotions, and will; has a lot to do with personality. (Sama and more, I guess.) And Spirit = that part of us that is made in the image of God. (Fea.) My HoME-uneducated guess is that like Sama, all Fea is of the same stuff and varies in strength and purity and intensity and... you get the drift. However, the Spirit/Soul/Body outlook is evangelical thought and I'm not certain of the catholic stance. I need rescue by those who remember their catholic doctrine, JOTC or Teresa of Avila (or even the Baltimore chatechism, the latin version of which Tolkien would probably have been heavily influenced by. But I forget it all.) Gandalf the Grey! Bethberry! Or other catholic doctrine experts! Help! --Helen __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.