Difference between revisions of "Immateriality"
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== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41187" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41187" /> == | ||
Acts 17:29 John 4:24 | Acts 17:29 John 4:24 | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_129935" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as, the immateriality of the soul. </p> | |||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80885" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80885" /> == | ||
<p> abstraction from matter; or what we understand by pure spirit. </p> | <p> abstraction from matter; or what we understand by pure spirit. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_44939" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_44939" /> == | ||
<p> is a quality of | <p> is a quality of God and of the human soul. The immateriality of God denotes that he forms an absolute contrast to matter; he is simple, and has no parts, and so cannot be dissolved; matter, on the other hand, is made up of parts into which it can be resolved. God is also free from the limitations to which matter is subject, i.e. from the limits of space and time. The immateriality of God is therefore the basis of the qualities of eternity, omnipresence, and unchangeableness. Thus the immateriality of the soul includes likewise simplicity as another of its qualities. This, of course, does not absolutely set it above the limitations of space and time, since the soul needs the body for a necessary organ of its life; nor does it set aside any further development, but it certainly includes indestructibility, and thus serves as a proof of immortality (q.v.). The materiality of the soul was asserted by Tertullian, Arnobins, and others, during the first three centuries. Near the close of the fourth, the immateriality of the soul was maintained by Augustine, Nemesius, and Mamertfus Claudianus. See Guizot, History of Civilization, 1, 394; Krauth, Vocab. of Philos. p. 245. (See [[Immensity Of God]]); (See Traduction Of Soul). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_41187"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/immateriality Immateriality from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_41187"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/immateriality Immateriality from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_129935"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/immateriality Immateriality from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_80885"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/watson-s-biblical-theological-dictionary/immateriality Immateriality from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_80885"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/watson-s-biblical-theological-dictionary/immateriality Immateriality from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_44939"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/immateriality Immateriality from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_44939"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/immateriality Immateriality from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 23:40, 12 October 2021
Holman Bible Dictionary [1]
Acts 17:29 John 4:24
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(n.) The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as, the immateriality of the soul.
Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary [3]
abstraction from matter; or what we understand by pure spirit.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
is a quality of God and of the human soul. The immateriality of God denotes that he forms an absolute contrast to matter; he is simple, and has no parts, and so cannot be dissolved; matter, on the other hand, is made up of parts into which it can be resolved. God is also free from the limitations to which matter is subject, i.e. from the limits of space and time. The immateriality of God is therefore the basis of the qualities of eternity, omnipresence, and unchangeableness. Thus the immateriality of the soul includes likewise simplicity as another of its qualities. This, of course, does not absolutely set it above the limitations of space and time, since the soul needs the body for a necessary organ of its life; nor does it set aside any further development, but it certainly includes indestructibility, and thus serves as a proof of immortality (q.v.). The materiality of the soul was asserted by Tertullian, Arnobins, and others, during the first three centuries. Near the close of the fourth, the immateriality of the soul was maintained by Augustine, Nemesius, and Mamertfus Claudianus. See Guizot, History of Civilization, 1, 394; Krauth, Vocab. of Philos. p. 245. (See Immensity Of God); (See Traduction Of Soul).
