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To: SauronOfMordor
How would any physical weapon affect a spiritual being Would a spiritual weapon bear any resemblance to a human weapon?

St. Thomas Aquinas opined that since the angels are not physical beings, that they would not fight with physical weapons. Since we know that the angels are pure spirit and pure intellect (they are the only other rational creatures besides ourselves), it would stand to reason that the weapons they use in battle are also spiritual and intellectual.

How this works in practice we have no way of knowing, but there is much we do not know about how things "work" in the spiritual realm.

9 posted on 11/23/2024 6:18:55 PM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: fidelis

How this works in practice we have no way of knowing, but there is much we do not know about how things “work” in the spiritual realm.

2 Kings 19:35 says, “And that night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies”


14 posted on 11/23/2024 6:27:03 PM PST by Yogafist
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To: fidelis

Physicality is a function of the frequency of consciousness of the person observing.

What is invisible to others is physical and material to my perception when I am in a prayerful state.

The soul contents, including stored memories of the person’s experiences in life become physical to your perception. The human soul is far larger and more complex than the physical body it manifests.

🙏🙏🙏


28 posted on 11/23/2024 6:53:08 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: fidelis

“Quis ut Deus”.


49 posted on 11/23/2024 8:28:06 PM PST by Romulus ( )
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