To: Teófilo
Just curious, but did that issue of how many angels can dance on the head of a pin ever get resolved. If so, what was the final tally?
8 posted on
08/13/2006 10:48:12 PM PDT by
AlaskaErik
(Everyone should have a subject they are ignorant about. I choose professional corporate sports.)
To: AlaskaErik
You understand that that is a geometrical question, not an angelogical? It's about points and area. Spiritual things don't "take up space" but they can have a location. And the rest follows. The answer is "as many as you please".
10 posted on
08/14/2006 2:13:56 AM PDT by
Mad Dawg
(Reality is not optional.)
To: AlaskaErik
Angels are incorporeal beings. Only beings with bodies can be said to occupy space. An infinite numer could be there....
Also, such a question was never considered by Medieval Theologians. It is a canard meant to caricature great Theologians as out of touch with reality and occupied with fantastical ideas inapplicable to life on Earth
To: AlaskaErik
Just curious, but did that issue of how many angels can dance on the head of a pin ever get resolved. When was that question asked?
(A: It never was. It's an old anti-Scholastic canard).
17 posted on
08/14/2006 11:03:20 AM PDT by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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